每天晚上,当周围安静下来,他就会偷溜进邻居的花园里偷走一颗苹果。

Every night, when all was quiet, he would steal into his neighbour's garden to scrump an apple.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 每天 měitiān every day
2 晚上 wǎnshang
  1. evening
  2. night
  3. in the evening

classifier:

=3 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=3 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=3 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
4 周围 zhōuwéi environs; surroundings; periphery
5 安静 ānjìng
  1. quiet
  2. peaceful
  3. calm
=6 下来 xiàlai
  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
=6 下来 xiàlái
  1. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  2. down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  3. to come down
7
  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)
8 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 ...
=9 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=9 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
10 tōu
  1. to steal
  2. to pilfer
  3. to snatch
  4. thief
  5. stealthily
=11 liū
  1. to slip away
  2. to escape in stealth
  3. to skate
=11 liù
  1. swift current; rapids
  2. (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
  3. (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
  4. (bound form) roof gutter
  5. classifier for rows, lines etc
  6. surroundings; neighborhood
  7. (dialect) to practice
  8. (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
12 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
13 邻居 lín neighbor

classifier:

=14 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 跑堂兒的 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 花园 huāyuán garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants

classifier:

=16 variant of
=16
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=16 Li (surname)
=16
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
17 偷走 tōuzǒu
  1. to run away; to flee
  2. to spirit away; to walk off with; to steal away; to make away with
18
  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
19 classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
=20 苹果 Píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
=20 苹果 píngguǒ apple

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