不久，同样的服务员回来拿起菜。

Soon the same waiter came back to pick up the dishes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不久 bùjiǔ
  1. not long (after)
  2. before too long
  3. soon
  4. soon after
2 同样 tóngyàng
  1. same; equal; similar
  2. similarly; also; too
=3 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 跑堂儿的 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
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 服务员 fúwùyuán
  1. waiter
  2. waitress
  3. attendant
  4. customer service personnel

classifiers: 個, 位
=5 回来 huílai to return; to come back
=5 回来 huílái
  1. (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  2. back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  3. to return; to come back; to be back
6 拿起 náqǐ to pick up
7 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤