Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 幫 | bāng |
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| 3 | 瑪莉 | Mǎlì | a transliteration of the English female given name Mary |
| =4 | 的 | de |
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| =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 | 忙 | máng |
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| =6 | 不是 | bùshì |
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| =6 | 不是 | bùshi | fault; blame |
| 7 | 出於 | chūyú |
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| 8 | 責任 | zérèn |
classifier: 個 |
| 9 | 而是 | érshì | rather |
| 10 | 出於 | chūyú |
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| 11 | 自願 | zìyuàn | voluntary |