世上第一架飛機是在一九零三年起飛的,整個過程歷時十二秒。

The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 世上 shìshàng on earth
=2 第一
  1. first
  2. most important; primary; foremost
=2 第一 dì-
  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
  2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
  3. first; 1st
  4. firstly
  5. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
3 jià
  1. to support
  2. frame
  3. rack
  4. framework
  5. classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
4 飛機 fēi airplane

classifier:

=5 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)
=5 shì variant of shì
6 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)
7
  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
8 jiǔ
  1. nine
  2. 9
9 líng
  1. zero
  2. nought
  3. zero sign
  4. fractional
  5. fragmentary
  6. odd (of numbers)
  7. (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. fraction
  9. (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. extra
  11. to wither and fall
  12. to wither
=10 Sān surname San
=10 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
=11 Nián surname Nian
=11 nián year

classifier:

=11 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
12 起飛 fēi
  1. (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
  2. (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
=13 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
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 整個 zhěng
  1. whole
  2. entire
  3. total
15 過程 guòchéng
  1. course of events
  2. process

classifier:

16 歷時 shí
  1. to last
  2. to take (time)
  3. period
  4. diachronic
=17 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=17 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
18 miǎo
  1. second (unit of time)
  2. arc second (angular measurement unit)
  3. (coll.) instantly