這些蘋果的其中一半都爛了。

Half of these apples are rotten.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這些 zhèxiē these
=2 蘋果 Píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
=2 蘋果 píngguǒ apple

classifiers: ,

=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 其中 zhōng
  1. among
  2. in
  3. included among these
5 一半 bàn half
=6 surname Du
=6 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=6
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
7 làn
  1. soft; mushy
  2. well-cooked and soft
  3. to rot; to decompose
  4. rotten
  5. worn out
  6. chaotic; messy
  7. utterly; thoroughly
  8. crappy; bad
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào