被害人被勒索支付封口費已經很多年, 但現在他意識到這樣做是愚蠢的, 而且他已經決定再也不付一毛錢了。

The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 被害人 bèihàirén victim
=2 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=2
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=2 alternative form of
3 勒索 suǒ
  1. to blackmail
  2. to extort
4 支付 zhī to pay (money)
5 封口費 fēngkǒufèi hush money
6 已經 jīng already
7 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=8 Nián surname Nian
=8 nián year

classifier:

=8 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
9 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
10 現在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
11 他意
  1. other intention; other motive
  2. ulterior motive
=12 shí
  1. to know
  2. knowledge
  3. Taiwan pr. shì
=12 zhì
  1. to record
  2. to write a footnote
13 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
14 這樣 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
15 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=16 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=16 shì variant of shì
17 愚蠢 chǔn
  1. silly
  2. stupid
=18 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
=18 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=18 really and truly
=18 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
19 而且 érqiě
  1. (not only ...) but also
  2. moreover
  3. in addition
  4. furthermore
20
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
21 已經 jīng already
22 決定 juédìng
  1. to decide (to do something)
  2. to resolve
  3. decision
  4. certainly

classifiers: ,

23 再也不 zài will never again
=24 surname Fu
=24
  1. to pay
  2. to hand over to
  3. classifier for pairs or sets of things
25
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
26 毛錢 máoqián
  1. (dated) coin of ten or twenty cent denominations
  2. coin of ten or twenty cent denominations
=27 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=27 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=27 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=27 liào unofficial variant of liào