不久就要吃正餐了。

It'll soon be time for dinner.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不久 bùjiǔ
  1. not long (after)
  2. before too long
  3. soon
  4. soon after
2 就要 jiùyào
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to be going to
=3 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=3 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
4 正餐 zhèngcān
  1. (regular) meal
  2. full meal
  3. main course
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào