他是个孤儿，而且不识字。

He was an orphan and illiterate.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 是 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 个 gě used in 自個兒 zìgěr
=3 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=3 个 gè variant of 個 gè
=4 孤儿 gūér orphan
=4 孤儿 gū'ér
  1. orphan (a minor whose father has died)
  2. orphan (a minor, both of whose parents have died)
5 而且 érqiě
  1. (not only ...) but also
  2. moreover
  3. in addition
  4. furthermore
6 不识字 bùshízì illiterate