我用不到一小时就完成了这个工作。

I finished the work in less than an hour.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
3 不到 dào
  1. not to arrive
  2. not reaching
  3. insufficient
  4. less than
4 一小 xiǎo
  1. (dialectal) since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young
  2. since childhood; as a child; from when one was very young
=5 shí old variant of shí
=5 Shí surname Shi
=5 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
6 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
7 完成 wánchéng to complete; to accomplish
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
10 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

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