他掷骰子之前让他的女友在上面吹气来给他带来好运。

He had his girlfriend blow on the dice for luck before he threw them.

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Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
2 掷骰子 zhìtóuzi to throw the dice
3 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
4 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
5
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=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 跑堂兒的 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 女友 yǒu girlfriend
8 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)
9 上面 shàngmiàn
  1. on top of
  2. above-mentioned
  3. also pr. shàngmian
10 吹气 chuī to blow air (into)
11 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=12 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=12
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
13
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
14 带来 dàilái
  1. to bring
  2. (fig.) to bring about; to produce
15 好运 hǎoyùn good luck