這場戰爭死了數以百萬計的軍人。

Thousands upon thousands of soldiers died in the war.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
=2 cháng
  1. threshing floor
  2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
=2 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
3 戰爭 zhànzhēng war; conflict

classifiers: ,

4 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)
=5 shǔ
  1. to count
  2. to count as; to regard as
  3. to enumerate; to list
=5 shù
  1. number; figure
  2. several; a few
=5 shuò (literary) frequently; repeatedly
=6 old variant of
=6 old variant of
=6 abbr. for Israel 以色列 liè
=6
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
7 百萬 bǎiwàn million
=8 surname Ji
=8
  1. to calculate
  2. to compute
  3. to count
  4. to regard as important
  5. to plan
  6. ruse
  7. meter
  8. gauge
=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 軍人 jūnrén
  1. serviceman
  2. soldier
  3. military personnel