汤姆小心翼翼地把刀子上的指纹擦掉。

Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 小心翼翼 xiǎoxīn (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
=3 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=3
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

=4
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=4 handle
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
5 刀子 dāozi knife

classifier:

=6 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=6 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 指纹 zhǐwén
  1. fingerprint
  2. the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
9 擦掉 diào to wipe