湯姆連房租都快付不起,更別說買一台電腦了。

Tom can barely afford to pay rent let alone buy a PC.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 Lián surname Lian
=2 lián
  1. to link
  2. to join
  3. to connect
  4. continuously
  5. in succession
  6. including
  7. (used with , dōu etc) even
  8. company (military)
3 房租 fáng rent for a room or house
=4 surname Du
=4 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
5 kuài
  1. rapid
  2. quick
  3. speed
  4. rate
  5. soon
  6. almost
  7. to make haste
  8. clever
  9. sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. forthright
  11. plainspoken
  12. gratified
  13. pleased
  14. pleasant
=6 surname Fu
=6
  1. to pay
  2. to hand over to
  3. classifier for pairs or sets of things
7 不起
  1. (literary) to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
  2. (used after verbs) cannot afford to ...
  3. (used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  4. cannot afford to ...
  5. do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  6. to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
=8 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=8 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
9 別說 biéshuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
10 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
11
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=12 Tái
  1. Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. surname Tai
=12 tāi used in place names
=12 tái
  1. (classical) you (in letters)
  2. variant of tái
=12 tái desk; table; counter
=12 Tái Taiwan (abbr.)
=12 tái
  1. platform
  2. stage
  3. terrace
  4. stand
  5. support
  6. station
  7. broadcasting station
  8. classifier for vehicles or machines
=12 tái typhoon
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  5. I, me
  6. Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  7. Used in place names.
  8. a surname
  9. historical placename in modern Shandong
  10. used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
  11. used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  12. what
=12 pufferfish; blowfish
13 電腦 diànnǎo computer

classifier:

=14 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=14 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=14 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=14 liào unofficial variant of liào