在我六岁的时候,我第一次被带去看马戏。

At the age of six, I was taken to a circus for the first time.

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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
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=3 liù
  1. six
  2. 6
=3 used in place names
=4 suì
  1. variant of suì, year
  2. years old
=4 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
7
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=8 第一次 the first time; for the first time
=8 第一次 dì-
  1. (euphemistic) first sexual experience
  2. (literally) first time
  3. first sexual experience
  4. first time
=9 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=9
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=9
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=9 alternative form of
10 带去 dàiqu to take along with one
=11 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=11 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
12 马戏 circus