汤姆和玛丽说他们沒想到约翰会害怕做那件事。

Tom and Mary said that they didn't think John would be afraid to do that.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 old variant of
=2 surname He
=2
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=2
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=2 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=2 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=2 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=2 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=2 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
3 玛丽
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 shuō variant of shuō
5 他们 men they; them
6 沒想到 méixiǎngdào didn't expect
7 约翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
=8 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=8 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
9 害怕 hài to be afraid; to be scared
10 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=11 surname Na
=11 Nuó surname Nuo
=11 variant of
=11
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=11 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
12 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
=13 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=13
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)