每個人都希望他當選州長。

Everybody wished he had been elected governor.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 每個人 měigerén
  1. everybody
  2. everyone
=2 都 Dū surname Du
=2 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=2 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
3 希望 xīwàng to hope

classifier: 個
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 當選 dāngxuǎn to be elected; to be selected
6 州長 zhōuzhǎng
  1. governor (of a province or colony)
  2. (US) state governor
  3. (Australian) state premier