住在大城市的人们一般都缺乏锻炼。

People living in a big city tend to lack exercise.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
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 大城市 dàchéngshì major city; metropolis
=4 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 人们 rénmen people
6 一般 yībān
  1. same
  2. ordinary
  3. so-so
  4. common
  5. general
  6. generally
  7. in general
=7 都 Dū surname Du
=7 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=7 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
8 缺乏 quēfá to lack; to be short of
9 锻炼 duànliàn
  1. to toughen
  2. to temper
  3. to engage in physical exercise
  4. to work out
  5. (fig.) to develop one's skills
  6. to train oneself