有人告訴過我湯姆要被開除。

I've been told Tom is going to be fired.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
=2 告訴 gàosù to press charges; to file a complaint
=2 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
=3 過 Guō surname Guo
=3 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=3 過 guo (experienced action marker)
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
5 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=7 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=7 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=7 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=7 被 pì alternative form of 帔
8 開除 kāichú
  1. to expel (a member of an organization)
  2. to fire (an employee)