他买土地目的是要造房子。

He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.

His goal in buying land is to build a house.

He bought land for the purpose of building a house.

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 买 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=3 土地 tǔdì
  1. land
  2. soil
  3. territory

classifiers: 片, 塊
=3 土地 tǔdi
  1. local god
  2. genius loci
=3 土地 Tudǐ Alternative name for 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng, “Tudigong”).
4 目的 mùdì purpose; aim; goal; target; objective

classifier: 個
=5 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)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
7 造 zào
  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops
8 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間