Complex sentence: Khouw Kim An received a traditional Chinese education grounded in the Chinese Classics, and acquired a good grasp of both Mandarin and Hokkien in addition to his native Batavian Malay.
Split into simpler sentences: Khouw Kim An received a traditional Chinese education grounded in the Chinese Classics. He had a good grasp of both Mandarin and Hokkien in addition to his native Batavian Malay.