湯姆已經有許多年沒彈過吉他了。

Tom hasn't played the guitar for years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 已經 jīng already
=3 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=3 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
4 許多 duō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
=5 Nián surname Nian
=5 nián year

classifier:

=5 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=6 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=6
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
=7 dàn
  1. crossball
  2. bullet
  3. shot
  4. shell
  5. ball
=7 tán
  1. to pluck (a string)
  2. to play (a string instrument)
  3. to spring or leap
  4. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  5. (of cotton) to fluff or tease
  6. to flick
  7. to flip
  8. to accuse
  9. to impeach
  10. elastic (of materials)
=8 Guō surname Guo
=8 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-
=8 guo (experienced action marker)
9 吉他 (loanword) guitar

classifier:

=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 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)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào