畫家失望地踐踏失敗之作,留下一片混亂的色彩。

The frustrated artist stomped on his failed painting, leaving a trail of shattered colors.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 畫家 huàjiā painter

classifier:

2 失望 shīwàng
  1. disappointed
  2. to lose hope
  3. to despair
=3 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=3
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

4 踐踏 jiàn to trample
5 失敗 shībài
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat

classifier:

6 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=7 zuō
  1. (bound form) worker
  2. (bound form) workshop
  3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
=7 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
8 留下 liúxià
  1. to leave behind
  2. to stay behind
  3. to remain
  4. to keep
  5. not to let (sb) go
9 一片 piàn
  1. (one) piece, slice; one film
  2. piece, slice; one film
10 混亂 hùnluàn confused; chaotic; disorderly
=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 色彩 cǎi
  1. tint; coloring; coloration
  2. (fig.) flavor; character