Sentence Composition
| 1 | 汤姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 不想 | bùxiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 3 | 的话 | dehuà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 4 | 他 | tā |
| =5 | 是 | shì |
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| =5 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =6 | 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =6 | 没 | mò |
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| 7 | 必要 | bìyào |
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| 8 | 留下 | liúxià |
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| =9 | 的 | de |
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| =9 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =9 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =9 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |