這是個用這個國家前所未見的,環繞學校、教堂的無數人龍,所說出的答案。這些人苦等三、四個小時投票,許多人還是生平頭一次,因為他們相信,這次一定要不一樣,他們的聲音就是明證。

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches, in numbers this nation has never seen. By people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.

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Sentence Composition

=1 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 used in 自個兒 r
=3
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
4 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
5 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
6 國家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier:

7 前所未見 qiánsuǒwèijiàn
  1. unprecedented
  2. never seen before
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 環繞 huánrào
  1. to surround
  2. to circle
  3. to revolve around
10 學校 xuéxiào school

classifier:

11 教堂 jiàotáng church; chapel

classifiers: , ,

=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 無數 shù
  1. countless
  2. numberless
  3. innumerable
14 人龍 rénlóng a queue of people
15 suǒ
  1. actually
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

classifier:

16 說出 shuōchū
  1. to speak out
  2. to declare (one's view)
=17 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
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=18 答案 àn
  1. answer
  2. solution

classifier:

=18 答案 dá'àn answer; solution
19 這些 zhèxiē these
20 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

21
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
22 děng
  1. to wait for; to await
  2. by the time; when; till
  3. and so on; etc.; et al.
  4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
  5. (bound form) equal to; same as
  6. (used to end an enumeration)
  7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
=23 Sān surname San
=23 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
24
  1. four
  2. 4
=25 used in 自個兒 r
=25
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
26 小時 xiǎoshí hour

classifier:

27 投票 tóupiào
  1. to vote
  2. vote
28 許多 duō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
29 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=30 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=30 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
31 生平 shēngpíng
  1. life (a person's whole life)
  2. in one's entire life
32 頭一 tóu the first
33
  1. next in sequence
  2. second
  3. the second (day, time etc)
  4. secondary
  5. vice-
  6. sub-
  7. infra-
  8. inferior quality
  9. substandard
  10. order
  11. sequence
  12. hypo- (chemistry)
  13. classifier for enumerated events: time
34 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
35 他們 men they; them
36 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
37 這次 zhè this time
38 一定要 dìngyào must
39 不一樣 yàng
  1. different
  2. distinctive
  3. unlike
40 他們 men they; them
=41 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
=41 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=41 really and truly
=41 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
42 聲音 shēngyīn
  1. voice
  2. sound

classifier:

43 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with ) even; even if
44 明證 míngzhèng clear proof