這本書我是買給自己的，不是買給老婆的。

I bought this book for myself, not for my wife.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 這 zhèi (coll.) this
2 本書 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=4 是 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)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 買 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=6 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=6 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
7 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=8 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 跑堂儿的 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
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=9 不是 bùshi fault; blame
10 買 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=11 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=11 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=12 老婆 lǎopó (coll.) wife
=12 老婆 lǎopo
  1. (Internet slang, ACG, neologism) waifu
  2. (colloquial) wife
  3. waifu
  4. wife
=13 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 跑堂儿的 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
=13 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=13 的 dí really and truly
=13 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target