你必須用功讀書趕上同學。

You have to study hard to catch up with your class.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 必須 bìxū
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
3 用功 yònggōng
  1. diligent
  2. industrious (in one's studies)
  3. to study hard
  4. to make great effort
4 讀書 dúshū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school
5 趕上 gǎnshàng
  1. to keep up with
  2. to catch up with
  3. to overtake
  4. to chance upon
  5. in time for
6 同學 tóngxué
  1. to study at the same school
  2. fellow student
  3. classmate

classifiers: 位, 個