他出生在一个宫殿里,那宫殿已经不存在了。

He was born in a palace that isn't there any more.

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 出生 chūshēng to be born
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 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
5 宫殿 gōngdiàn palace

classifier:

=6 variant of
=6
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=6 Li (surname)
=6
  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
=7 surname Na
=7 Nuó surname Nuo
=7 variant of
=7
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=7 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
8 宫殿 gōngdiàn palace

classifier:

=9 已经 jīng already
=9 已经 jìng already
10 不存在 bu²cen²zai⁴
  1. (Sichuanese) it doesn't matter; no need to say thanks, apologize or assist (said in reply to an expression of gratitude, regret, willingness to help, etc.)
  2. it doesn't matter; no need to say thanks, apologize or assist (said in reply to an expression of gratitude, regret, willingness to help, etc.)
=11 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 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)
=11 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 liào unofficial variant of liào