正當我準備進浴缸的時候,湯姆來拜訪我。

Just as I was about to get into the bathtub, Tom dropped by for a visit.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 正當 zhèngdāng
  1. timely
  2. just (when needed)
=1 正當 zhèngdàng
  1. honest
  2. reasonable
  3. fair
  4. sensible
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 準備 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
4 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
5 浴缸 gāng bathtub
=6 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 跑堂儿的 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
8 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
9 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
10 拜訪 bàifǎng to pay a visit; to call on
11
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my