汤姆把钟拆开了。

Tom disassembled the clock.

Tom took the clock apart.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2
  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})
=2 handle
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=3 Zhōng surname Zhong
=3 zhōng
  1. handleless cup; goblet
  2. (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
  3. variant of zhōng
=3 zhōng
  1. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of / (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
  4. bell (Classifier: ; )
  5. clock (Classifier: ; )
  6. metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  7. time measured in hours and minutes

classifiers: , , , ,

4 拆开 chāikāi
  1. to dismantle
  2. to disassemble
  3. to open up (sth sealed)
  4. to unpick
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào