我奶奶年轻的时候身材很苗条,现在年纪大了就发福了。

When my grandmother was young, her body was very slim. Now in her old age she's grown plump.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 奶奶 nǎinai
  1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
  2. (respectful) mistress of the house
  3. (coll.) boobies
  4. breasts

classifier:

=2 奶奶 nai¹nai¹
  1. (dialectal) breast
  2. breast
3 年轻 niánqīng young
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6 身材 shēncái
  1. stature
  2. build (height and weight)
  3. figure
7 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=8 苗条 miáotiao
  1. (of a woman) slim
  2. slender
  3. graceful
=8 苗条 miáotiáo slender; slim (in an attractive way)
9 现在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
10 年纪 nián age

classifiers: ,

=11
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=11 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 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)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
13 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
14 发福
  1. to put on weight
  2. to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
=15 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=15 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)
=15 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=15 liào unofficial variant of liào