老闆在的時候他就裝成一副很熱心的樣子。

He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.

Whenever the boss is around, he plays at being busy.

Whenever the boss is around, he pretends to be busy.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 老闆 Lǎobǎn Robam (brand)
=1 老闆 lǎobǎn
  1. boss
  2. business proprietor

classifier:

2 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)
=3 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 跑堂儿的 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
5
  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 and 他人 rén)
6 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
7 裝成 zhuāngchéng to pretend
8
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
9
  1. secondary
  2. auxiliary
  3. deputy
  4. assistant
  5. vice-
  6. abbr. for 副词 adverb
  7. classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
10 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
11 熱心 xīn enthusiastic; ardent; zealous
=12 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 跑堂儿的 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 樣子 yàngzi
  1. appearance
  2. manner
  3. pattern
  4. model