Sentence Composition
| 1 | 汤姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 试图 | shìtú |
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| 3 | 去 | qù |
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| 4 | 追上 | zhuīshàng | to overtake |
| 5 | 玛丽 | Mǎlì |
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| 6 | 但是 | dànshì | but; however |
| 7 | 他 | tā |
| =8 | 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =8 | 没 | mò |
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| =9 | 成功 | Chénggōng | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县 Táidōng Xiàn, southeast Taiwan |
| =9 | 成功 | chénggōng |
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