他試著想讓他妻子開心，但是沒有成功。 - Zhictionary

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他試著想讓他妻子開心，但是沒有成功。

He tried to make his wife happy, but he couldn't.

He endeavored to make his wife happy, but in vain.

He tried to make his wife happy, but in vain.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

(coll.) to try to

to think (about)
to think of; to devise
to think (that); to believe (that)
to desire; to want (to)
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

to yield
to permit
to let sb do sth
to have sb do sth
to make sb (feel sad etc)
by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

wife and children

to feel happy
to rejoice
to have a great time
to make fun of sb

haven't
hasn't
doesn't exist
to not have
to not be

Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县 Táidōng Xiàn, southeast Taiwan

to succeed
success
successful; fruitful