她為了找新工作而來了東京。

She came to Tokyo with a view to getting a new job.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
2 為了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
3 zhǎo
  1. to try to find
  2. to look for
  3. to call on sb
  4. to find
  5. to seek
  6. to return
  7. to give change
=4 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=4 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
5 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

classifiers: , ,

6 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 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9 東京 Dōngjīng
  1. Tokyo, capital of Japan
  2. Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)