老師跟他們說,叫他們別在河裡游泳。

The teacher told them not to swim in the river.

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Sentence Composition

1 老師 lǎoshī teacher

classifiers: ,

2 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
3 他們 men they; them
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=5 jiào
  1. to shout
  2. to call
  3. to order
  4. to ask
  5. to be called
  6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
=5 jiào variant of jiào
6 他們 men they; them
=7 Bié surname Bie
=7 bié
  1. to leave; to part (from)
  2. (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
  3. (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
  4. (bound form) other; another; different
  5. don't ...!
  6. to fasten with a pin or clip
  7. to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
  8. (noun suffix) category (as in 性别 xìngbié, 派别 pàibié)
8 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)
9
  1. (bound form) the Yellow River
  2. (bound form) the Milky Way
  3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 fěn

classifiers: ,

10
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=11 游泳 yóuyǒng
  1. swimming
  2. to swim
=11 游泳 yóuyǒng misspelling of 游泳 (yóuyǒng)