她試了試舉起箱子,但舉不起來。

She tried to lift the box, but found it impossible to do.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
2 shì
  1. to test
  2. to try
  3. experiment
  4. examination
  5. test
=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 shì
  1. to test
  2. to try
  3. experiment
  4. examination
  5. test
5 舉起
  1. to heave
  2. to lift
  3. to raise up
  4. to uphold
6 箱子 xiāngzi
  1. suitcase
  2. chest
  3. box
  4. case
  5. trunk

classifiers: ,

7 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
8
  1. to lift
  2. to hold up
  3. to cite
  4. to enumerate
  5. to act
  6. to raise
  7. to choose
  8. to elect
  9. act
  10. move
  11. deed
9 不起
  1. (literary) to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
  2. (used after verbs) cannot afford to ...
  3. (used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  4. cannot afford to ...
  5. do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  6. to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
10 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)