早知道我不應該打電話給他。

I should have known better than to call him.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 早知道 zǎozhīdao If I had known earlier...
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 應該 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
5 打電話 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
=6 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=6 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
7 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)