湯姆和南西上個月分手了。

Tom and Nancy broke up last month.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 和南 hénán
  1. (Buddhism) obeisance; reverence (to a religious elder)
  2. obeisance; reverence (to a religious elder)
=3 西 Xī
  1. the West
  2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 Xībānyá
  3. Spanish
=3 西 xī west
4 上個月 shànggèyuè last month
5 分手 fēnshǒu
  1. to part company
  2. to split up
  3. to break up
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào