这个孩子长大后成为了一个伟大的政治家。

The boy grew up to be a great statesman.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 孩子 háizi child
3 长大 zhǎng to grow up
=4 Hòu surname Hou
=4 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=4 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
5 成为 chéngwéi to become; to turn into
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
=7 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=7 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
8 伟大 wěi huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 政治家 zhèngzhìjiā
  1. statesman
  2. politician

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