我的祖父活到了九十歲。

My grandfather lived to be ninety.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=2 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=2 的 dí really and truly
=2 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 祖父 zǔfù
  1. father's father
  2. paternal grandfather
4 活 huó
  1. to live
  2. alive
  3. living
  4. work
  5. workmanship
5 到了 dàoliǎo
  1. at last
  2. finally
  3. in the end
6 九十 jiǔshí ninety
7 歲 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)