汤姆经常在孩子们不在家时阅读。

Tom often reads when his children aren't at home.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 经常 jīngcháng
  1. frequently; constantly; regularly; often
  2. day-to-day; everyday; daily
3 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)
4 孩子们 háizimen children
5 不在 bùzài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
=6 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=6 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=6 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
=7 时 shí old variant of 時 shí
=7 时 Shí surname Shi
=7 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
8 阅读 yuèdú
  1. to read
  2. reading