這個城市毀於火災。

The city was destroyed by fire.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier: 座
3 毀 huǐ
  1. to destroy; to ruin
  2. to defame; to slander
=4 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=4 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=4 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
5 火災 huǒzāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)