汤姆承认他杀死了玛丽。

Tom admitted that he had killed Mary.

Tom admitted to killing Mary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 承认 chéngrèn
  1. to admit
  2. to concede
  3. to recognize
  4. recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
  5. to acknowledge
3 他杀 tāshā homicide (law)
4 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)
5 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali