他很聰明,但卻不太幫得上忙。

He may be clever, but he is not very helpful.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  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)
2 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=3 聰明 cōngming
  1. intelligent; clever; bright
  2. acute (of sight and hearing)
=3 聰明 cōngmíng
  1. (archaic, of hearing and vision) sharp; keen; perceptive
  2. clever; intelligent; smart; bright
  3. sharp; keen; perceptive
4 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
5 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
6
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=7 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=7
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
8 bāng
  1. to help
  2. to assist
  3. to support
  4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
  5. hired (as worker)
  6. side (of pail, boat etc)
  7. outer layer
  8. upper (of a shoe)
  9. group
  10. gang
  11. clique
  12. party
  13. secret society
=9
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=9 used in 得瑟 se
=9 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=9 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
=10 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=10 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
11 máng
  1. busy
  2. hurriedly
  3. to hurry
  4. to rush