钻石被镶在一个金戒指上。

The diamond was set in a gold ring.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 钻石 zuànshí diamond

classifier:

=2 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 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=2
  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”)
=2
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=2 alternative form of
3 xiāng
  1. to inlay
  2. to embed
  3. ridge
  4. border
4 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)
=5 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=6 Jīn
  1. surname Jin
  2. surname Kim (Korean)
  3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
=6 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 yīn
7 戒指 jièzhi (finger) ring
=8 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=8 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above