一直以來爺爺曾經說過的事,像蒼蠅繞著瓜飛的聲音,在我的腦海裡嗡嗡地響著。

All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

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Sentence Composition

1 一直以來 zhílái
  1. in the past always
  2. for a long time now
  3. until now
2 爺爺 ye (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
3 曾經 céngjīng
  1. once
  2. already
  3. former
  4. previously
  5. ever
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=5 Guō surname Guo
=5 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=5 guo (experienced action marker)
=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 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 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
9 蒼蠅 cāngying housefly

classifier:

10 rào
  1. to wind
  2. to coil (thread)
  3. to rotate around
  4. to spiral
  5. to move around
  6. to go round (an obstacle)
  7. to by-pass
  8. to make a detour
  9. to confuse
  10. to perplex
=11 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=11 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
=11 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=11 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=11 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
12 guā
  1. melon; gourd; squash
  2. (slang) a piece of gossip
13 飛的 fēi
  1. (neologism) “flying taxi”, i.e. airplane
  2. “flying taxi”, i.e. airplane
14 聲音 shēngyīn
  1. voice
  2. sound

classifier:

15 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)
16
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=17 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
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
18 腦海 nǎohǎi
  1. the mind
  2. the brain
19
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
20 嗡嗡 wēngwēng (onom.) buzz; drone; hum
=21 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=21
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

22 xiǎng
  1. echo
  2. sound
  3. noise
  4. to make a sound
  5. to sound
  6. to ring
  7. loud
  8. classifier for noises
=23 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=23 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
=23 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=23 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=23 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding