在接下来的十五年里,建筑师、计划者和社区开发企业为了把三百四十六英亩的工业荒地改变成六千五百座房子、两个购物中心、一个小艇船坞、一个学校、一个高中和公用场地都会一起工作。

Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

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 接下来 jiēxiàlái
  1. to accept
  2. to take
  3. next
  4. following
=2 接下来 jiēxiàlai
  1. over the next; over the following
  2. then; next; after that
  3. to accept; to take
=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 十五 shí
  1. fifteen
  2. 15
=5 Nián surname Nian
=5 nián year

classifier:

=5 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=6 variant of
=6
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=6 Li (surname)
=6
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
7 建筑师 jiànzhùshī architect
8 计划 huà
  1. plan
  2. project
  3. program
  4. to plan
  5. to map out

classifiers: ,

9 zhě
  1. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
  2. (after a noun) person involved in ...
  3. -er
  4. -ist
  5. (used after a number or hòu or qián to refer to sth mentioned previously)
  6. (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
  7. (old) (used at the end of a command)
  8. (old) this
=10 old variant of
=10 surname He
=10
  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
=10
  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
=10 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=10 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=10 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=10 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=10 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
11 社区 shè
  1. community
  2. neighborhood
12 开发 kāi to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
13 企业 company; firm; enterprise; corporation

classifier:

14 为了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
=15
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=15 handle
=15
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
16 三百 Sānbǎi
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , .
  2. short for 三百篇 (Sānbǎipiān)
17 四十六 shíliù forty-six; 46
18 英亩 yīng acre
=19 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
20 工业 gōng industry
21 荒地 huāng
  1. wasteland
  2. uncultivated land
22 改变 gǎibiàn
  1. to change
  2. to alter
  3. to transform
=23 Chéng
  1. surname Cheng
  2. short name for Chengdu 成都 Chéng
=23 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
=24 liù
  1. six
  2. 6
=24 used in place names
=25 qiān thousand
=25 qiān used in 秋千 qiūqiān
26 五百 bǎi five hundred
27 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
28 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: , , , ,

29 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=30 used in 自个儿 r
=30
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=30 variant of
31 购物中心 gòuzhōngxīn shopping center
=32 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=32 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
33 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
34 tǐng
  1. vessel
  2. small ship
35 船坞 chuán dock; shipyard
=36 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=36 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
37 学校 xuéxiào school

classifier:

=38 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=38 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=39 高中 gāozhōng
  1. senior high school
  2. abbr. for 高级中学 gāozhōngxué
=39 高中 gāozhòng to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
=40 old variant of
=40 surname He
=40
  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
=40
  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
=40 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=40 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=40 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=40 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=40 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
41 公用 gōngyòng
  1. public
  2. for public use
42 场地 chǎng
  1. space
  2. site
  3. place
  4. sports pitch
43 都会 huì
  1. city
  2. metropolis
44 一起
  1. (in) the same place
  2. together; in company (with)
  3. altogether; in total
  4. an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
45 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

classifiers: , ,