買這麼貴的機器真是浪費, 而他甚至不知道怎麼用電腦。

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
2 這麼 zhème
  1. so much
  2. this much
  3. how much?
  4. this way
  5. like this
=3 Guì abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州 Guìzhōu
=3 guì
  1. expensive
  2. (bound form) highly valued; precious
  3. (bound form) noble; of high rank
  4. (prefix) (honorific) your
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 機器 machine

classifiers: , ,

=6 真是 zhēnshi
  1. indeed; truly
  2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
=6 真是 zhēnshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (zhēn), (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
7 浪費 làngfèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
8 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)
9
  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)
10 甚至 shènzhì even; so much so that
11 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=12 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=12 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
13 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
14 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
15 電腦 diànnǎo computer

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