这个男子竟然是一个私家侦探。

The man turned out to be a private detective.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 男子 nánzǐ a man; a male
3 竟然 jìngrán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. in spite of everything
  4. in that crazy way
  5. actually
  6. to go as far as to
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 私家侦探 sījiāzhēntàn private detective