湯姆說他聖誕節必須和家人在一起。

Tom said that he had to be with his family on Christmas.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 說 shuì to persuade
=2 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=2 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
3 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
4 聖誕節 Shèngdànjié
  1. Christmas time
  2. Christmas season
  3. Christmas
5 必須 bìxū
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
=6 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=6 和 Hé surname He
=6 和 hé
  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
=6 和 hè
  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
=6 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=6 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=6 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=6 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=6 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
7 家人 jiārén
  1. family member
  2. (old) servant
8 在一起 zàiyīqǐ together