他们被迫杀掉他们的几匹马来吃。

They were forced to kill and eat several of their horses.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
2 被迫 bèipò
  1. to be compelled
  2. to be forced
3 杀掉 shādiào to kill
4 他们 tāmen they; them
=5 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
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 几 jī small table
=6 几 jī almost
=6 几 jǐ
  1. how much
  2. how many
  3. several
  4. a few
7 匹马 pǐmǎ
  1. (archaic, figuratively) alone; by oneself
  2. alone; by oneself
8 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
=9 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=9 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī