我为他打了10年的工。

I worked for him for ten years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=2 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=2 wéi variant of wéi
=2 wèi variant of wèi
3
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=4
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr.
=4
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 diànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 shǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 hòu "since then")
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
=6 Nián surname Nian
=6 nián year

classifier:

=6 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=7 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 跑堂兒的 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 gōng
  1. work
  2. worker
  3. skill
  4. profession
  5. trade
  6. craft
  7. labor