雖然考試近了, 他還沒有把書唸完。

He could not get through his work, though the examination was near.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 shì or 但是 dànshì etc)
2 考試 kǎoshì
  1. to take an exam
  2. exam

classifier:

3 jìn
  1. near
  2. close to
  3. approximately
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5
  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)
6 還沒 háiméi not yet
=7 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=7 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=8
  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})
=8 handle
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=9 Shū abbr. for 書經 Shūjīng
=9 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: , ,

10 niàn variant of niàn, to read aloud
11 wán
  1. to finish
  2. to be over
  3. whole
  4. complete
  5. entire