波士頓不是第一次在聖誕節下雪了。

This isn't the first time that it's snowed in Boston on Christmas Day.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 波士頓 Bōshìdùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts
=2 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 bùshi fault; blame
=3 第一次 dìyīcì the first time; for the first time
=3 第一次 dì-yīcì
  1. (euphemistic) first sexual experience
  2. (literally) first time
  3. first sexual experience
  4. first time
4 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 聖誕節 Shèngdànjié
  1. Christmas time
  2. Christmas season
  3. Christmas
6 下雪 xiàxuě to snow
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào