他的儿子有才能,但是考不上大学。

His son has talent, but cannot pass the college entrance exam.

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 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 跑堂兒的 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 儿子 érzi son
=3 儿子 ér
  1. Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.
  2. baby; infant; newborn
  3. child
4 有才 yǒucái talented; gifted; skilled
=5 Néng surname Neng
=5 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=5 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=5 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=5 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=5 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=5 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=5 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
6 但是 dànshì but; however
=7 kǎo
  1. to beat
  2. to hit
  3. variant of kǎo
  4. to inspect
  5. to test
  6. to take an exam
=7 kǎo
  1. to check
  2. to verify
  3. to test
  4. to examine
  5. to take an exam
  6. to take an entrance exam for
  7. deceased father
8 不上 shàng
  1. (verbal complement) unable to
  2. to not go up; to not ascend
  3. unable to
=9 大学 xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書 shū in Confucianism
=9 大学 xué
  1. university
  2. college

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