黑人不得不坐在公交车的后面,如果后面的座位满了则只能站在那里。

Black people had to sit in the back of the bus, or stand if the back was full.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 黑人 hēirén
  1. black person
  2. an illegal
2 不得不
  1. have no choice or option but to
  2. cannot but
  3. have to
  4. can't help it
  5. can't avoid
=3 Zuò surname Zuo
=3 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 公交车 gōngjiāochē
  1. public transport vehicle
  2. town bus

classifier:

=6 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 跑堂儿的 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=7 后面 hòumian
  1. the back; the rear; the last bit
  2. behind; near the end; at the back
  3. later; afterwards
=7 后面 hòumiàn
  1. later part; later section
  2. rear; behind; back
8 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
=9 后面 hòumian
  1. the back; the rear; the last bit
  2. behind; near the end; at the back
  3. later; afterwards
=9 后面 hòumiàn
  1. later part; later section
  2. rear; behind; back
=10 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 跑堂儿的 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 座位 zuòwèi seat

classifier:

=12 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group
=12 mǎn
  1. to fill
  2. full
  3. filled
  4. packed
  5. fully
  6. completely
  7. quite
  8. to reach the limit
  9. to satisfy
  10. satisfied
  11. contented
=13 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 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)
=13 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 liào unofficial variant of liào
14
  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items
15 只能 zhǐnéng
  1. can only
  2. obliged to do sth
  3. to have no other choice
16 zhàn
  1. station
  2. to stand
  3. to halt
  4. to stop
  5. branch of a company or organization
  6. website
17 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=18 那里 li there; that place
=18 那里 li there; that place