湯姆和瑪麗說,等我們到的時候,他們已經走了。

Tom and Mary said that they'd be gone by the time we got there.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 old variant of
=2 surname He
=2
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=2
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=2 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=2 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=2 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=2 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=2 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
3 瑪麗
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
5 děng
  1. to wait for; to await
  2. by the time; when; till
  3. and so on; etc.; et al.
  4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
  5. (bound form) equal to; same as
  6. (used to end an enumeration)
  7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
6 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
7 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
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
10 他們 men they; them
11 已經 jīng already
12 zǒu
  1. to walk
  2. to go
  3. to run
  4. to move (of vehicle)
  5. to visit
  6. to leave
  7. to go away
  8. to die (euph.)
  9. from
  10. through
  11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 chèzǒu)
  12. to change (shape, form, meaning)
=13 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 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)
=13 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 liào unofficial variant of liào