有些人相信英國皇室是大衛王的後裔。

Some believe that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 有些人 yǒuxiērén some people
2 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
3 英國 Yīngguó United Kingdom (UK); Britain
4 皇室 huángshì
  1. royal family
  2. imperial household
  3. member of the royal family
=5 是 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 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 大衛 Dàwèi (name) David
=7 王 Wáng surname Wang
=7 王 wáng
  1. king or monarch
  2. best or strongest of its type
  3. grand
  4. great
=7 王 wàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
=8 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 後裔 hòuyì descendant