吉姆很努力工作，但薪水卻不高。

Though Jim works very hard, his job does not pay very much.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 吉姆 Jímǔ a transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Jim
2 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
3 努力 nǔlì
  1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
  2. hard-working; conscientious
4 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

classifiers: 個, 份, 項
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 薪水 xīnshuǐ
  1. salary
  2. wage
7 卻 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
8 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=9 高 Gāo surname Gao
=9 高 gāo
  1. high
  2. tall
  3. above average
  4. loud
  5. your (honorific)