湯姆說學校並沒有讓他為人生做好準備。

Tom said that school did little to prepare him for life.

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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 學校 xuéxiào school

classifier:

=4 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=4 bàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
  2. alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
5 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
6 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
7
  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)
=8 為人 wéirén
  1. to conduct oneself
  2. behavior; conduct; personal character
=8 為人 wèirén
  1. for sb
  2. for others' interest
9 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student
10 做好 zuòhǎo
  1. to do a good job
  2. to finish; to complete
11 準備 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)