医生告诉玛丽她不能再要更多孩子了。

The doctor told Mary that she couldn't have any more children.

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Sentence Composition

1 医生 shēng doctor

classifiers: , ,

=2 告诉 gào to press charges; to file a complaint
=2 告诉 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
3 玛丽
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
4 she
5 不能 néng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
6 zài
  1. again; once more; re-
  2. further; beyond this point of time
  3. (before an adjective) more
  4. then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or dōu for emphasis)
  6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 zài, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
  7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
=7 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=7 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=7 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
=8 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=8 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
9 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
10 孩子 háizi child
=11 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 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)
=11 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 liào unofficial variant of liào