老人淡藍色的眼睛閃過一絲真誠的驕傲。

A gleam of real pride quickened most ingenuously in the Older Man's pale blue eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 老人 lǎorén
  1. old man or woman
  2. the elderly
  3. one's aged parents or grandparents
2 淡藍色 dànlánsè light blue
=3 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 跑堂兒的 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
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 眼睛 yǎnjing eye

classifiers: 隻, 雙
5 閃過 shǎnguò
  1. to flash through (one's mind)
  2. to dodge (away from pursuers)
6 一絲 yīsī a tiny bit
7 真誠 zhēnchéng sincere; genuine; true
=8 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 跑堂兒的 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
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 驕傲 jiāoào
  1. pride
  2. arrogance
  3. conceited
  4. proud of sth
=9 驕傲 jiāo'ào
  1. arrogant; conceited
  2. pride
  3. proud; gratified