汤姆掉进了冰冷的河水里。

Tom fell into the ice-cold water of the river.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=2 掉 nuò
  1. (obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
  2. to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
3 进 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 冰冷 bīnglěng ice-cold
=6 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 河水 héshuǐ river water
=8 里 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
=8 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=8 里 Lǐ Li (surname)
=8 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 zhèn and neighborhood 鄰 lín levels