湯姆供認是他謀殺了瑪麗。

Tom confessed that he had killed Mary.

Tom confessed to murdering Mary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 供認 gòngrèn
  1. to confess
  2. confession
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
5 謀殺 móushā
  1. to murder
  2. to assassinate
  3. intentional homicide
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
7 瑪麗 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali