數千人死於飢餓。

Thousands of people died of hunger.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 數 shǔ
  1. to count
  2. to count as; to regard as
  3. to enumerate; to list
=1 數 shù
  1. number; figure
  2. several; a few
=1 數 shuò (literary) frequently; repeatedly
=2 千 qiān thousand
=2 千 qiān used in 秋千 qiūqiān
3 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
4 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
=5 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=5 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=5 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=6 飢餓 jīè
  1. hunger
  2. starvation
  3. famine
=6 飢餓 jī'è
  1. (formal) hungry; starving
  2. hungry; starving