一場毀滅性的地震襲擊了這個州的首府。

A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  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
=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 毀滅性 huǐmièxìng
  1. destructive
  2. devastating
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 地震 zhèn earthquake
6 襲擊
  1. attack (esp. surprise attack)
  2. raid
  3. to attack
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
8 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
9 zhōu
  1. prefecture
  2. (old) province
  3. (old) administrative division
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
  6. canton (Switzerland)
=10 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 首府 shǒu capital city of an autonomous region