我是在二十三歲的時候畫這幅畫的。

When I painted this picture, I was 23 years old.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=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 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)
4 二十三 èrshísān twenty-three; 23
5 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
8 huà
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. to draw (a line) (variant of huà)
  3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of huà)
  4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of huà)

classifiers: ,

=9 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)
=9 zhèi (coll.) this
=10
  1. width
  2. roll
  3. classifier for textiles or pictures
=10
  1. (historical) leg wrap made of cloth
  2. leg wrap made of cloth
11 huà
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. to draw (a line) (variant of huà)
  3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of huà)
  4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of huà)

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