Sentence Composition
| 1 | 罗马 | Luómǎ | Rome, capital of Italy |
| 2 | 人 | rén | person; people |
| =3 | 的 | de |
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| =3 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =3 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =3 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 4 | 黄金时代 | huángjīnshídài | golden age |
| 5 | 已 | yǐ |
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| =6 | 过去 | guòqù |
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| =6 | 过去 | guòqu | (verb suffix) |
| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |