憑什麼湯姆可以那樣做，而我就不行？

Why's Tom allowed to do that, but I'm not?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 憑什麼 píngshénme
  1. (spoken) why?
  2. for which reason?
2 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
3 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
4 那樣 nàyàng
  1. that kind
  2. that sort
5 做 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
6 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
7 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
8 就 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 著 zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
9 不行 bùxíng
  1. won't do
  2. be out of the question
  3. be no good
  4. not work
  5. not be capable