哲学家苏格拉底在监狱里和他的朋友们讨论死亡。

The philosopher Socrates discussed death with his friends in prison.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 哲学家 zhéxuéjiā philosopher
2 苏格拉底
  1. Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher
  2. José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
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 监狱 jiān prison
=5 variant of
=5
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=5 Li (surname)
=5
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
=6 old variant of
=6 surname He
=6
  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
=6
  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
=6 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=6 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=6 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=6 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=6 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
7
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=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 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=9 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
10 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
11 讨论 tǎolùn to discuss; to talk over
12 死亡 wáng
  1. to die
  2. death