医生在患者还活着的时候就把他送入了太平间。

The doctor sent the live patient to the morgue.

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Sentence Composition

1 医生 shēng doctor

classifiers: , ,

2 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 患者 huànzhě patient; sufferer
=4 Huán surname Huan
=4 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=4 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
5 活着 huózhe alive
=6 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
8 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 zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=9
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=9 handle
=9
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
10
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
11 送入 sòng to send (someone to a place)
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
13 太平间 tàipíngjiān
  1. mortuary
  2. morgue