一个绅士是不会做这种事的。

A gentleman wouldn't do such a thing.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
2 绅士 shēnshì gentleman
=3 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)
=3 shì variant of shì
4 不会 huì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
5 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
6 这种 zhèzhǒng this kind of
=7 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=7
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target