他把足踝扭傷了,整整一個月不能走路。

A sprained ankle disabled him from walking for a month.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=2 handle
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
3 足踝 huái ankle
4 扭傷 niǔshāng
  1. a sprain
  2. a crick
  3. to sprain
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
6 整整 zhěngzhěng
  1. whole
  2. full
=7 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=7 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
8 yuè
  1. moon
  2. month
  3. monthly

classifiers: ,

9 不能 néng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
10 走路 zǒu
  1. to walk; to go on foot
  2. to leave; to depart
  3. (informal) to clear off; to beat it
  4. (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out