約翰只上了一天的學,就和班上的同學都成了朋友。

It took John only one day to make friends with his classmates at the school.

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Sentence Composition

1 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
=2 zhī variant of zhī
=2 zhǐ only; merely; just
=2 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=2 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=2 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=2 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=3 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=3 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
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5 一天 tiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day
=6 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
8 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=9 old variant of
=9 surname He
=9
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=9
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=9 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=9 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=9 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=9 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=9 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
10 班上 bānshàng (in the) class
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 同學 tóngxué
  1. to study at the same school
  2. fellow student
  3. classmate

classifiers: ,

=13 surname Du
=13 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=13
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
14 成了 chéngle
  1. to be done
  2. to be ready
  3. that's enough!
  4. that will do!
=15 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=15 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers