他昨天念了一整晚的書。

Last night, he studied all night long.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  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)
2 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
=3 niàn variant of niàn, to read aloud
=3 niàn
  1. to read
  2. to study (a subject)
  3. to attend (a school)
  4. to read aloud
  5. to miss (sb)
  6. idea
  7. remembrance
  8. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 niàn)

classifier:

=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 zhěng
  1. (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
  2. (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat
  3. (bound form) to put in order; to straighten
  4. (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate
  5. (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb
  6. (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
7 wǎn
  1. evening
  2. night
  3. late
=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 跑堂儿的 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 Shū abbr. for 书经 Shūjīng
=9 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

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