他決定不買那座房子,首先是因為太貴了,其次是因為房子離他公司太遠了。

He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.

Source: Tatoeba

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 決定 juédìng
  1. to decide (to do something)
  2. to resolve
  3. decision
  4. certainly

classifiers: ,

3
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=5 surname Na
=5 Nuó surname Nuo
=5 variant of
=5
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=5 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
6 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
7 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: , , , ,

8 首先 shǒuxiān
  1. first (of all)
  2. in the first place
=9 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)
=9 shì variant of shì
10 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
=11 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=11
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
=12 Guì abbr. for Guizhou Province 贵州 Guìzhōu
=12 guì
  1. expensive
  2. (bound form) highly valued; precious
  3. (bound form) noble; of high rank
  4. (prefix) (honorific) your
=13 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 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)
=13 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 liào unofficial variant of liào
14 其次
  1. next
  2. secondly
=15 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)
=15 shì variant of shì
16 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
17 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: , , , ,

=18 surname Li
=18
  1. to leave
  2. to part from
  3. to be away from
  4. (in giving distances) from
  5. without (sth)
  6. independent of
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 guà, symbolizing fire
=18
  1. (obsolete) to reject; to discard
  2. alternative form of / (“to adhere; to attach to”)
  3. to reject; to discard
  4. used in 離支离支 (lìzhī, “lychee”)
=18 only used in 離跂离跂
=18 chī
  1. alternative form of (“a kind of legendary beast”)
  2. alternative form of (chī, “a kind of dragon”)
=18 only used in 離瞀离瞀
19
  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)
20 公司 gōng company; firm; corporation

classifier:

=21 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=21
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
=22 yuǎn
  1. far
  2. distant
  3. remote
  4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far
  5. much (lower etc)
=22 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical)
=23 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=23 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)
=23 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=23 liào unofficial variant of liào