我一直忙于写一部短篇小说。

I have been busy writing a short story.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 一直 yīzhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
3 忙于 mángyú busy with
=4 写 xiě to write
=4 写 xiè used in 写意 xièyì
5 一部 yībù
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 一, 部 (bù) (a book, film, vehicle, machine, etc.)
  2. a part; some part
6 短篇小说 duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō short story