我想打電話給你, 但我以為你不會接電話, 所以到最後我也沒打電話你。

I wanted to phone you, but I thought you wouldn't get it so I didn't phone you in the end.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 打電話 diànhuà to make a telephone call
=4 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 )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=4
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=5 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=5 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
6 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
7
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
8 以為 wéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
=9 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=9 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
10 不會 huì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
11 接電話 jiēdiànhuà to answer the telephone; to pick up the phone
12 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
13 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
14 最後 zuìhòu
  1. final; last; ultimate
  2. finally; in the end
15
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=16 surname Ye
=16
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
=17 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=17
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
18 打電話 diànhuà to make a telephone call
=19 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=19 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)