他在纠结要不要买这本书

He is contemplating whether or not to buy the book.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 纠结 jiūjié
  1. to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with)
  2. twisted; tangled
  3. confused; to be at a loss
  4. to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted
4 要不 yàobù
  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. how about...?
  4. either... (or...)
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
6 买 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=7 这 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=7 这 zhèi (coll.) this
8 本书 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book