船長們對他們的船隻和船員負有責任。

Captains have responsibility for ship and crew.

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Sentence Composition

1 船長 chuánzhǎng
  1. captain (of a boat)
  2. skipper
2 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
3 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
4 他們 men they; them
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 船隻 chuánzhī
  1. ship
  2. boat
  3. vessel
=7 old variant of
=7 surname He
=7
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=7
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=7 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=7 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=7 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=7 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=7 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
8 船員 chuányuán
  1. sailor
  2. crew member
9 負有責任 yǒurèn
  1. at fault
  2. blamed for
  3. responsible (for a blunder or crime)