自从他不知道该说什么的时候,便一直沉默着。

Since he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 自从 cóng
  1. since (a time)
  2. ever since
2
  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)
3 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=4 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=4 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
5 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
=6 shuì to persuade
=6 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=6 shuō variant of shuō
7 什么的 shénmede and so on; and so forth; and what not
8 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=9 便 biàn
  1. plain
  2. informal
  3. suitable
  4. convenient
  5. opportune
  6. to urinate or defecate
  7. equivalent to jiù: then
  8. in that case
  9. even if
  10. soon afterwards
=9 便 pián
  1. used in 便宜 piányi
  2. used in 便便 piánpián
  3. used in 便嬛 piánxuān
10 一直 zhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
11 沉默 chén
  1. taciturn
  2. uncommunicative
  3. silent
=12 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=12 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=12 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=12 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply