在又黑又髒的大廈裏,它們就像星星一樣地閃耀著。

They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=3 Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 Hēilóngjiāng
=3 hēi
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sinister
  4. secret
  5. shady
  6. illegal
  7. to hide (sth) away
  8. to vilify
  9. (loanword) to hack (computing)
4 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=5 zāng
  1. dirty
  2. filthy
  3. to get (sth) dirty
=5 zǎng only used in 骯髒肮脏 (kǎngzǎng)
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 大廈 shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
8 variant of
9 它們 men they; them
10 就像 jiùxiàng to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though
=11 星星 xīngxing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
=11 星星 xīngxīng
  1. (literary, figurative) salt-and-pepper; grizzled
  2. (~社區) Xingxing (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  3. Xingxing (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  4. salt-and-pepper; grizzled
  5. tiny spot; speck
12 一樣 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
=13 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=13
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

14 閃耀 shǎnyào
  1. to glint
  2. to glitter
  3. to sparkle
  4. to radiate
=15 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=15 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=15 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=15 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=15 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding