法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。

The French lost the battle of Waterloo.

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Sentence Composition

1 法國人 Fǎguórén
  1. Frenchman
  2. French person
2 在 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)
3 滑鐵盧 Huátiělú
  1. Waterloo (Belgium)
  2. Battle of Waterloo (1815)
  3. (fig.) a defeat
4 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 役 yì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée
  3. obligatory task
  4. military service
  5. to use as servant
  6. to enserf
  7. servant (old)
  8. war
  9. campaign
  10. battle
=6 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=6 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
8 敗仗 bàizhàng
  1. lost battle
  2. defeat