他叫自己的妻子不要衝動購物。

He told his wife to stop impulsively shopping.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 叫 jiào
  1. to shout
  2. to call
  3. to order
  4. to ask
  5. to be called
  6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
=2 叫 jiào variant of 叫 jiào
3 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=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 跑堂兒的 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 妻子 qīzǐ wife and children
=5 妻子 qīzi wife
6 不要 bùyào don't!; must not
7 衝動 chōngdòng
  1. to have an urge
  2. to be impetuous
  3. impulse
  4. urge
8 購物 gòuwù shopping