約翰最近胖了很多。

John has put on a lot of weight recently.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
2 最近 zuìjìn
  1. recently
  2. soon
  3. nearest
=3 胖 pán
  1. healthy
  2. at ease
=3 胖 pàng
  1. fat
  2. plump
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot