Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =2 | 沒 | mò |
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| 3 | 跟 | gēn |
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| 4 | 我說 | wǒshuō |
| 5 | 他 | tā |
| 6 | 離婚 | líhūn | to divorce |
| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |