在這個電郵的年代裏,我一收到朋友寄給我的信,就會高興得不得了。

In the era of email, I'm so happy when a friend sends me a real letter.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
3 電郵 diànyóu
  1. email
  2. abbr. for 电子邮件 diànyóujiàn
=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 年代 niándài
  1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. age
  3. era
  4. period

classifier:

6 variant of
7
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
8
  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
9 收到 shōudào to receive
=10 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=10 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
11
  1. to entrust; to place in sb's care
  2. (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
  3. (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 nu: foster daughter)
  4. to send by post; to mail
=12 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=12
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
13
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=14 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 xìn
  1. letter
  2. mail
  3. to trust
  4. to believe
  5. to profess faith in
  6. truthful
  7. confidence
  8. trust
  9. at will
  10. at random

classifier:

16 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 ...
=17 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=17 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=17 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
18 高興 gāoxìng
  1. happy
  2. glad
  3. willing (to do sth)
  4. in a cheerful mood
=19
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=19 used in 得瑟 se
=19 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=19 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
20 不得了 liǎo
  1. desperately serious
  2. disastrous
  3. extremely
  4. exceedingly