為了鞏固自己的地位,湯姆身邊聚集了一群知識分子和教會要員,其中一位就是約翰弟兄。

To strengthen his position, Tom surrounded himself with intellectuals and church dignitaries, one of whom was Brother John.

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Sentence Composition

1 為了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
2 鞏固 gǒng
  1. to consolidate; to strengthen
  2. firm; solid; stable
3 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 地位 wèi
  1. position
  2. status
  3. place

classifier:

6 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
7 身邊 shēnbiān
  1. at one's side
  2. on hand
8 聚集 to assemble; to gather
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 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)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10 一群 qún a group
11 知識分子 zhīshifèn intellectual; intelligentsia
=12 old variant of
=12 surname He
=12
  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
=12
  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
=12 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=12 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=12 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=12 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=12 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
=13 教會 jiāohuì
  1. to show
  2. to teach
=13 教會 jiàohuì Christian church
14 要員 yàoyuán
  1. key participant
  2. VIP
15 其中 zhōng
  1. among
  2. in
  3. included among these
16
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
17 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
18 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with ) even; even if
19 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
20 弟兄 xiong
  1. brothers
  2. comrade