汤姆让他的仆人们在黑暗下进餐。

Tom made his servants eat in the dark.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 让 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)
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 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
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 仆人 púrén servant
6 们 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
7 在 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)
=8 黑暗 hēiàn
  1. dark
  2. darkly
  3. darkness
=8 黑暗 hēi'àn
  1. (figurative) backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
  2. (obsolete) rhinoceros horn
  3. backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
  4. dark; unlighted
  5. rhinoceros horn
9 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
10 进餐 jìncān to have a meal