从古到今,没有过不灭亡的国家。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 cóng variant of cóng
=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 surname Gu
=2
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. paleo-
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (gù)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (gù)
  3. alternative form of (gù)
  4. alternative form of (gù)
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 古成
  2. only used in 古成
3 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
4 jīn
  1. now
  2. the present time
  3. current
  4. contemporary
  5. this (day, year etc)
5 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
=6 Guō surname Guo
=6 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=6 guo (experienced action marker)
7 不灭 miè
  1. (literary) to not disappear; to not vanish; to not be obliterated
  2. (literary) to not extinguish (of light or fire); to not go out
  3. to not disappear; to not vanish; to not be obliterated
  4. to not extinguish (of light or fire); to not go out
=8 wáng
  1. to die
  2. to lose
  3. to be gone
  4. to flee
  5. deceased
=8 wáng old variant of wáng
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (wú, “don't”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“not have”)
  3. alternative form of (wú, “don't”)
  4. alternative form of / (“not have”)
=9 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 跑堂儿的 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

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