教授罵了約翰一頓因為他翹了幾堂課。

The professor scolded John for skipping class.

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Sentence Composition

1 教授 jiàoshòu
  1. professor
  2. to instruct
  3. to lecture on

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2
  1. to scold
  2. to abuse
  3. to curse

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=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
5
  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
=6 dùn
  1. to stop
  2. to pause
  3. to arrange
  4. to lay out
  5. to kowtow
  6. to stamp (one's foot)
  7. at once
  8. classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
=6 used in 冒頓冒顿 (Mòdú)
7 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
8
  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)
=9 qiáo
  1. outstanding
  2. to raise
=9 qiào
  1. to stick up
  2. to rise on one end
  3. to tilt
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 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)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào
=11 almost
=11
  1. how much
  2. how many
  3. several
  4. a few
=11
  1. (obsolete) alternative form of (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of / (“age; year”)
  3. alternative form of (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  4. alternative form of / (“age; year”)
12 táng
  1. (main) hall
  2. large room for a specific purpose
  3. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  4. of the same clan
  5. classifier for classes, lectures etc
  6. classifier for sets of furniture

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13
  1. subject
  2. course
  3. class
  4. lesson
  5. to levy
  6. tax
  7. form of divination

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