我以前多次向你談起的那個作家昨天去世了。

That writer I mentioned a lot in the past passed away yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
3 多次 duō
  1. many times
  2. repeatedly
=4 Xiàng surname Xiang
=4 xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
=4 xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of xiàng
=4 xiàng
  1. variant of xiàng
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly
=5 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=5 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
6 談起 tán
  1. to mention
  2. to speak of
  3. to talk about
=7 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 跑堂儿的 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 那個 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
9 作家 zuòjiā author

classifiers: ,

10 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
11 去世 shì
  1. to pass away
  2. to die
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 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)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào