他發現他上學學的東西,在商界根本派不上用場。

He found that the things he had studied in school were not useful in the business world.

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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 發現 xiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
3
  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)
4 上學 shàngxué
  1. to go to school
  2. to attend school
5 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
=6 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=7 東西 dōng east and west
=7 東西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

8 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
9 商界 shāngjiè
  1. business world
  2. business community
10 根本 gēnběn
  1. fundamental
  2. basic
  3. root
  4. simply
  5. absolutely (not)
  6. (not) at all

classifier:

=11 used in 派司 si
=11 pài
  1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
  2. clique; school; group; faction
  3. (bound form) style; manner
  4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
  5. classifier for factions, groups etc
  6. (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
  7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
  8. (loanword) pie
12 不上 shàng
  1. (verbal complement) unable to
  2. to not go up; to not ascend
  3. unable to
13 用場 yòngchǎng use; application