汤姆试图去追上玛丽，但是他没成功。

Tom tried to catch up with Mary, but he couldn't.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 试图 shìtú
  1. to attempt
  2. to try
3 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
4 追上 zhuīshàng to overtake
5 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
6 但是 dànshì but; however
7 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)
=8 没 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=8 没 mò
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
=9 成功 Chénggōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县 Táidōng Xiàn, southeast Taiwan
=9 成功 chénggōng
  1. to succeed
  2. success
  3. successful; fruitful