他在劇中演了一個小角色。

He played a minor part in the play.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 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)
3 劇中 jùzhōng in a play; in an opera; in a drama
4 演 yǎn
  1. to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
  2. (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=6 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=6 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
7 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
8 角色 juésè
  1. role; part (in a play or movie etc)
  2. also pr. jiǎosè