汤姆和约翰就像兄弟一样。

Tom and John were like brothers.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 和约 héyuē peace treaty
=3 翰 Hàn surname Han
=3 翰 hàn
  1. writing brush
  2. writing
  3. pen
4 就像 jiùxiàng to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though
=5 兄弟 xiōngdì
  1. brothers
  2. younger brother
  3. I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  4. brotherly
  5. fraternal

classifier: 個
=5 兄弟 xiongdī
  1. (colloquial) my brother; bro (A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger)
  2. A humble term of self-address used by a man to people of the same generation.
  3. my brother; bro (A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger)
6 一样 yīyàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like