「湯姆像切捲心萵苣一樣,把手稿切碎了。」「聽起來很殘忍。」「沒錯,而且也沒有那個必要。」

"Tom chopped up the manuscript like it was iceberg lettuce." "Sounds brutal." "It was, but it was also necessary."

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
=3 qiē
  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math) tangential
=3 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
4 juǎn
  1. to roll up
  2. to sweep up; to carry along
  3. a roll
  4. classifier for rolls, spools etc
5 xīn
  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. intention
  4. center
  5. core

classifiers: ,

6 萵苣 lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
7 一樣 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
=8 把手 shǒu to shake hands
=8 把手 shou
  1. handle
  2. grip
  3. knob
=9 稿 gǎo variant of 稿 gǎo
=9 稿 gǎo
  1. manuscript
  2. draft
  3. stalk of grain
10 切碎 qiēsuì to chop
=11 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 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)
=11 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 liào unofficial variant of liào
=12 聽起來 tīngqilai to sound like
=12 聽起來 tīngqilǎi
  1. to listen and perceive
  2. to sound like
13 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
14 殘忍 cánrěn
  1. cruel
  2. mean
  3. merciless
  4. ruthless
15 沒錯 méicuò
  1. that's right
  2. sure!
  3. rest assured!
  4. that's good
  5. can't go wrong
16 而且 érqiě
  1. (not only ...) but also
  2. moreover
  3. in addition
  4. furthermore
=17 surname Ye
=17
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
18 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
19 那個 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
20 必要 yào
  1. necessary
  2. essential
  3. indispensable
  4. required