Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 3 | 位 | wèi |
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| 4 | 考古學家 | kǎogǔxuéjiā | archaeologist |
| 5 | 在 | zài |
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| 6 | 領導 | lǐngdǎo |
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| 7 | 羅馬 | Luómǎ | Rome, capital of Italy |
| 8 | 附近 | fùjìn |
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| =9 | 的 | de |
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| =9 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =9 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =9 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 10 | 發掘 | fājué |
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| 11 | 項目 | xiàngmù |
classifier: 個 |