他试图表现得很愉快,但我们都知道他有多悲伤。

He tried to act cheerfully, but we all knew how sad he felt.

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 试图 shì
  1. to attempt
  2. to try
3 表现 biǎoxiàn
  1. to show
  2. to show off
  3. to display
  4. to manifest
  5. expression
  6. manifestation
  7. show
  8. display
  9. performance (at work etc)
  10. behavior
4 得很 dehěn (after an adjective) very
5 愉快 kuài cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
6 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
7 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
=8 surname Du
=8 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=8
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
9 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
10
  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)
=11 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=11 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
12 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
13 悲伤 bēishāng sad; sorrowful