警方會把你關在牢裡二十年。

The police will put you behind bars for twenty years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 警方 jǐngfāng police
=2 會 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=2 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=2 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
=3 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=3 把 bà handle
=3 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=5 關 Guān surname Guan
=5 關 guān
  1. mountain pass
  2. to close; to shut; to turn off
  3. to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  4. to concern; to involve
6 在 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)
7 牢 láo
  1. firm
  2. sturdy
  3. fold (for animals)
  4. sacrifice
  5. prison
8 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
9 二十 èrshí twenty; 20
=10 年 Nián surname Nian
=10 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=10 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián