直到快要中午前他都沒出現。

He did not appear until about noon.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 直到 zhídào until
2 快要 kuàiyào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
3 中午 zhōngwǔ
  1. noon
  2. midday

classifier: 個
4 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
5 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)
=6 都 Dū surname Du
=6 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=6 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=7 沒 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=7 沒 mò
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
8 出現 chūxiàn
  1. to appear
  2. to arise
  3. to emerge
  4. to show up