我問湯姆和瑪莉為什麼一直不結婚。

I asked Tom and Mary why they'd never gotten married.

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Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 問 wèn to ask; to inquire
3 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=4 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=4 和 Hé surname He
=4 和 hé
  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
=4 和 hè
  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
=4 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=4 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=4 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=4 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=4 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
5 瑪莉 Mǎlì a transliteration of the English female given name Mary
6 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
7 一直 yīzhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
8 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
9 結婚 jiéhūn
  1. to marry
  2. to get married

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