我想挣点钱,所以我一周打三天小时工。

I wanted to earn some money, so I worked part time three days a week.

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Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
=3 zhēng used in 挣扎 zhēngzhá
=3 zhèng
  1. to struggle to get free
  2. to strive to acquire
  3. to make (money)
4 diǎn
  1. to touch briefly; to tap
  2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  3. to order (food etc); to select
  4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
  5. to hint at; to imply
  6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
  7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
  8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
  9. point; dot; spot; speck
  10. dot stroke in Chinese characters
  11. (math.) decimal point
  12. point in time or space
  13. (after a number) o'clock
  14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
  15. classifier for small amounts
=5 Qián surname Qian
=5 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael liǎng

classifier:

6 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
7
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=8 一周 zhōu
  1. one week
  2. all the way around
  3. a whole cycle
=8 一周 zhōu
  1. a round; a whole cycle
  2. a week
=9
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr.
=9
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 diànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 shǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 hòu "since then")
=10 Sān surname San
=10 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
11 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
12 小时工 xiǎoshígōng
  1. hourly worker
  2. hourly job