她一見到我就馬上跑了過來。

No sooner had she caught sight of me than she started running in my direction.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 一見 yījiàn one glance; a look
3 到 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
5 就 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by 著 zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
6 馬上 mǎshàng
  1. at once
  2. right away
  3. immediately
  4. on horseback (i.e. by military force)
=7 跑 páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
=7 跑 pǎo
  1. to run
  2. to run away
  3. to escape
  4. to run around (on errands etc)
  5. (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
  6. (verb complement) away
  7. off
=8 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=9 過來 guòlái
  1. to come over
  2. to manage
  3. to handle
  4. to be able to take care of
=9 過來 guòlai see 過來 guòlái