湯姆找不到鍋鏟了,只好用夾子為煎餅翻面。

Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 找不到 zhǎobudào can't find
3 鍋鏟 guōchǎn wok spatula; cooking spatula
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
6 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
7 夾子 jiāzi
  1. clip
  2. clamp
  3. tongs
  4. folder
  5. wallet
=8 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=8 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
9 煎餅 jiānbǐng
  1. jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe
  2. pancake

classifier:

=10 fān
  1. to turn over
  2. to flip over
  3. to overturn
  4. to rummage through
  5. to translate
  6. to decode
  7. to double
  8. to climb over or into
  9. to cross
=10 fān variant of fān
=11 miàn
  1. face
  2. side
  3. surface
  4. aspect
  5. top
  6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
=11 miàn variant of miàn
=11 miàn
  1. flour
  2. noodles
  3. (of food) soft (not crunchy)
  4. (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
  5. spineless