從英國乘船到印度,以前需要六個月的時間。

The voyage from England to India used to take 6 months.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Cóng surname Cong
=1 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
2 英國 Yīngguó United Kingdom (UK); Britain
3 乘船 chéngchuán
  1. to embark
  2. to travel by ship
  3. to ferry
4 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
5 印度 Yìn India
6 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
7 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=8 liù
  1. six
  2. 6
=8 used in place names
=9 used in 自個兒 r
=9
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
10 yuè
  1. moon
  2. month
  3. monthly

classifiers: ,

=11 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time