他們都食人,除了我,我只是被吃的。

They are all cannibals here, except me, I'm just being eaten.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 men they; them
=2 surname Du
=2 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=2
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
3 食人 shírén
  1. man-eating (beast)
  2. to eat people
  3. fig. to oppress the people
4 除了 chúle
  1. apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他除了他谁也没来 chúle,shéiméilái "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語除了英语他也会法语 chúle Yīng,huì "in addition to English, he also knows French")
  2. (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 chúle + A + 就是 jiùshì + B, "either A or B")
5
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
6
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 只是 zhǐshì
  1. merely; only; just; nothing but
  2. simply
  3. but; however
=8 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 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=8
  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”)
=8
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=8 alternative form of
9 吃的 chīde (coll.) food