湯姆想留它作驚喜。

Tom wanted this to be a surprise.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
=3 留 liú old variant of 留 liú
=3 留 liú
  1. to leave (a message etc)
  2. to retain
  3. to stay
  4. to remain
  5. to keep
  6. to preserve
=3 留 liú old variant of 留 liú
=3 留 liù
  1. (archaic) to wait; to await
  2. to wait; to await
=3 留 Liǔ Alternative name for 昴 (mǎo).
=4 它 tā it
=4 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal)
=4 它 tuō
  1. alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉／它它借借
=4 它 yí only used in 它它
=5 作 zuō
  1. (bound form) worker
  2. (bound form) workshop
  3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
=5 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
6 驚喜 jīngxǐ
  1. nice surprise
  2. to be pleasantly surprised