爲了記住那件事,他把它寫下來。

He penned it down so as to not forget it.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 wéi variant of wéi
=1 wèi variant of wèi
=2 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=2 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)
=2 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=2 liào unofficial variant of liào
=3 記住 zhu
  1. to remember
  2. to bear in mind
  3. to learn by heart
=3 記住 zhù to remember; to bear in mind; to memorize
=4 surname Na
=4 Nuó surname Nuo
=4 variant of
=4
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=4 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
5 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
=6 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=6
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
7
  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 and 他人 rén)
=8
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=8 handle
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=9 it
=9 it (pronoun for an animal)
=9 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=9 only used in 它它
10 寫下來 xiěxiàlái to write down