牧師的主要職責是在教堂裏講道。

The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 牧師 mùshī
  1. chaplain
  2. churchman
  3. clergyman
  4. parson
  5. pastor
  6. priest
  7. rector
=2 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
=2 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=2 的 dí really and truly
=2 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 主要 zhǔyào main; principal; major; primary
4 職責 zhízé
  1. duty
  2. responsibility
  3. obligation
=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 在教 zàijiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
7 堂 táng
  1. (main) hall
  2. large room for a specific purpose
  3. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  4. of the same clan
  5. classifier for classes, lectures etc
  6. classifier for sets of furniture

classifier: 間
8 裏 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
9 講道 jiǎngdào
  1. to preach
  2. a sermon