在这个城市,白人和黑人间的争端愈演愈烈。

The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
3 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier:

4 白人 báirén white man or woman; Caucasian
=5 old variant of
=5 surname He
=5
  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
=5
  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
=5 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=5 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=5 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=5 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=5 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
6 黑人 hēirén
  1. black person
  2. an illegal
=7 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=7 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 争端 zhēngduān
  1. dispute
  2. controversy
  3. conflict
10 愈演愈烈 yǎnliè
  1. ever more critical
  2. problems get more and more intense