每次学生在走廊上制造混乱的时候,校长都会严厉地训斥他们。

The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 每次 měi every time
=2 学生 xuésheng
  1. student
  2. schoolchild
=2 学生 xuéshēng
  1. disciple; follower (Classifier: m)
  2. student; pupil (Classifier: m)
3 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)
4 走廊 zǒuláng
  1. corridor
  2. aisle
  3. hallway
  4. passageway
  5. veranda
=5 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=5 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
6 制造 zhìzào to manufacture; to make
7 混乱 hùnluàn confused; chaotic; disorderly
=8 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 跑堂兒的 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
10 校长 xiàozhǎng
  1. (college, university) president
  2. headmaster

classifiers: , ,

11 都会 huì
  1. city
  2. metropolis
12 严厉 yán
  1. severe
  2. strict
=13 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=13
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

14 训斥 xùnchì
  1. to reprimand
  2. to rebuke
  3. to berate
  4. stern criticism
15 他们 men they; them