湯姆爲了當海洋生物學家學習。

Tom is studying to become a marine biologist.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 爲 wéi variant of 為 wéi
=2 爲 wèi variant of 為 wèi
3 了當 liǎodàng
  1. frank; outspoken
  2. ready; settled; in order
  3. (old) to deal with; to handle
4 海洋生物學 hǎiyángshēngwùxué marine biology
=5 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=5 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=5 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
6 學習 xuéxí
  1. to learn
  2. to study