湯姆盡力幫忙了。

Tom did all he could to help.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 盡力 jìnlì to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
3 幫忙 bāngmáng
  1. to help
  2. to lend a hand
  3. to do a favor
  4. to do a good turn
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào