他承诺给这个地区带来新的工业,但是政治家很少完成他们的承诺。

He promised to bring new industries to the region, but politicians rarely keep their word.

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 承诺 chéngnuò
  1. to promise
  2. to undertake to do something
  3. commitment
=3 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)
=3
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
4 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
5 地区
  1. region; area (informal or geographical term)
  2. prefecture (in China's administrative system)
6 带来 dàilái
  1. to bring
  2. (fig.) to bring about; to produce
=7 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=7 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 工业 gōng industry
10 但是 dànshì but; however
11 政治家 zhèngzhìjiā
  1. statesman
  2. politician

classifiers: , ,

12 很少 hěnshǎo seldom; rarely
13 完成 wánchéng to complete; to accomplish
14 他们 men they; them
=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 承诺 chéngnuò
  1. to promise
  2. to undertake to do something
  3. commitment