他大學畢業已經十年了,但還沒有學會獨立生活。

He has lived off his parents for ten years since he graduated from college.

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Sentence Composition

1
  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 and 他人 rén)
=2 大學 xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書 shū in Confucianism
=2 大學 xué
  1. university
  2. college

classifier:

3 畢業
  1. graduation
  2. to graduate
  3. to finish school
4 已經 jīng already
5 十年 shínián ten years; decade
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
7 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
8 還沒 háiméi not yet
=9 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=9 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
10 學會 xuéhuì
  1. to learn; to master
  2. institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
11 獨立
  1. independent
  2. independence
  3. to stand alone
12 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood