我听到这个消息时，简直不能相信自己的耳朵。

I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the news.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 听到 tīngdào to hear
3 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
4 消息 xiāoxi
  1. (piece of) news; information
  2. message

classifier: 條
=5 时 shí old variant of 时 shí
=5 时 Shí surname Shi
=5 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
6 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; really
7 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
8 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
9 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=10 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=10 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=10 的 dí really and truly
=10 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 耳朵 ěrduo
  1. ear
  2. handle (on a cup)

classifiers: 隻, 個, 對