她嫁了 John,不是因為愛他,而是因為 John 是個有錢人。

She married John, not because she loved him, but because he was a rich man.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
2 jià
  1. (of a woman) to marry
  2. to marry off a daughter
  3. to shift (blame etc)
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4
J
Not in lexicon.
5
o
Not in lexicon.
6
h
Not in lexicon.
7
n
Not in lexicon.
=8 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=8 不是 shi fault; blame
9 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
10 ài
  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
11
  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 and 他人 rén)
12 而是 érshì rather
13 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
14
J
Not in lexicon.
15
o
Not in lexicon.
16
h
Not in lexicon.
17
n
Not in lexicon.
=18 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=18 shì variant of shì
=19 used in 自个儿 r
=19
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
20 有錢人 yǒuqiánrén
  1. rich person
  2. the rich