Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 為 | wéi |
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| =2 | 為 | wèi |
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| 3 | 他 | tā |
| 4 | 所 | suǒ |
classifier: 個 |
| 5 | 做 | zuò |
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| =6 | 的 | de |
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| =6 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =6 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =6 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =7 | 事 | shì |
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| =7 | 事 | zì |
| 8 | 道歉 | dàoqiàn | to apologize |