这个作者完全不懂为什么一对不能够成为恋人的男女会成为朋友。

This author doesn't understand at all why a man and a woman who can't become lovers would become friends.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 作者 zuòzhě author; writer
3 完全 wánquán
  1. complete; whole
  2. totally; entirely
4 不懂 bùdǒng
  1. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
  2. to not understand
  3. unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
5 为什么 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
6 一对 yīduì couple; pair
7 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
8 够 gòu
  1. enough (sufficient)
  2. enough (too much)
  3. (coll.) (before adj.) really
  4. (coll.) to reach by stretching out
9 成为 chéngwéi to become; to turn into
10 恋人 liànrén
  1. lover
  2. sweetheart
=11 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
=11 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=11 的 dí really and truly
=11 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 男女 nánnǚ
  1. male-female
  2. male and female
=13 会 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=13 会 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
14 成为 chéngwéi to become; to turn into
=15 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=15 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers