湯姆說,他知道要那樣做會有多難。

Tom says he knows how difficult it'll be to do that.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 shuì to persuade
=2 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=2 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
3
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
4 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
=5 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=5 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
6 那樣 yàng
  1. that kind
  2. that sort
7 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=8 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)
=8 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=8 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
=9 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=9 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
10 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
=11 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=11 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold