我不知道第三次世界大戰會用哪些武器,但第四次世界大戰中人們肯定用的是木棍和石塊。

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我不知道 zhīdào I don't know.
2 第三次世界大戰 Dì-sān Shìjiè zhàn World War III (hypothetical world war)
=3 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=3 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=3 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
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 哪些 xiē
  1. which ones?
  2. who?
  3. what?
6 武器
  1. weapon
  2. arms

classifier:

7 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
8 第四 dì-
  1. fourth
  2. fourthly
9
  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
10 世界大戰 shìjièzhàn world war
11 中人 zhōngrén
  1. go-between
  2. mediator
  3. intermediary
12 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
13 肯定 kěndìng
  1. to be certain; to be positive
  2. assuredly; definitely
  3. to give recognition; to affirm
  4. affirmative (answer)
14 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
=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=16 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)
=16 shì variant of shì
17 木棍 gùn wooden stick
=18 old variant of
=18 surname He
=18
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=18
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=18 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=18 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=18 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=18 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=18 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
19 石塊 shíkuài
  1. stone
  2. rock