那時正在下雨，而 Joe 回到家時長髮已濕透了。

It was raining, and Joe's long hair was completely wet by the time he got home.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那時 nàshí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. in those days
2 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
3 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
4 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
5
J
Not in lexicon.
6
o
Not in lexicon.
7
e
Not in lexicon.
8 回到 huídào to return to
=9 家 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiājù
=9 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=9 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
10 時長 shícháng duration
11 髮 fà
  1. hair
  2. Taiwan pr. fǎ
12 已 yǐ
  1. already
  2. to stop
  3. then
  4. afterwards
13 濕透 shītòu
  1. drenched
  2. wet through
=14 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=14 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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=14 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=14 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào