他們在名古屋住過一段時間。

At one time they lived in Nagoya.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
2 在 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)
3 名古屋 Mínggǔwū Nagoya, city in Japan
4 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
=5 過 Guō surname Guo
=5 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=5 過 guo (experienced action marker)
6 一 yī
  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
=7 段 Duàn surname Duan
=7 段 duàn
  1. paragraph
  2. section
  3. segment
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
8 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time