Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 踩到 | cǎidào | to step on (with undesirable consequences) |
| 3 | 自己 | zìjǐ |
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| =4 | 狗狗 | gǒugōu | (coll.) dog; doggie |
| =4 | 狗狗 | gǒugou |
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| =5 | 的 | de |
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| =5 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =5 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =5 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 6 | 尾巴 | wěiba |
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| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |