我母親年輕的時候十分漂亮。

When my mother was young, she was very beautiful.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 母親 mǔqīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. mǔqin

classifier: 個
3 年輕 niánqīng young
=4 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6 十分 shífēn
  1. very
  2. completely
  3. utterly
  4. extremely
  5. absolutely
  6. hundred percent
  7. to divide into ten equal parts
7 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful