小女孩害怕从屋顶上跳下来。

The girl was afraid to jump down from the roof.

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Sentence Composition

1 小女 xiǎonǚ my daughter (humble)
2 孩 hái (bound form) child
3 害怕 hàipà to be afraid; to be scared
=4 从 cóng variant of 从 cóng
=4 从 Cóng surname Cong
=4 从 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
5 屋顶 wūdǐng roof
=6 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=6 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
7 跳 tiào
  1. to jump
  2. to hop
  3. to skip over
  4. to bounce
  5. to palpitate
=8 下来 xiàlai
  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
=8 下来 xiàlái
  1. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  2. down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  3. to come down