他连字都不会念,更别说写了。

He can't even read, let alone write.

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 Lián surname Lian
=2 lián
  1. to link
  2. to join
  3. to connect
  4. continuously
  5. in succession
  6. including
  7. (used with , dōu etc) even
  8. company (military)
3
  1. letter
  2. symbol
  3. character
  4. word
  5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

classifier:

=4 surname Du
=4 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
5 不会 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
=6 niàn variant of niàn, to read aloud
=6 niàn
  1. to read
  2. to study (a subject)
  3. to attend (a school)
  4. to read aloud
  5. to miss (sb)
  6. idea
  7. remembrance
  8. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 niàn)

classifier:

=7 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=7 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
8 别说 biéshuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
=9 xiě to write
=9 xiè used in 写意 xiè
=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