当我无家可归的时候,我常在那张长椅上睡觉。

I often slept on that bench when I was homeless.

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Sentence Composition

=1 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=1 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
=1 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)
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 无家可归 jiāguī (idiom) homeless
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 常在 chángzài
  1. (Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) often; frequently; usually
  2. (historical) first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
  3. first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
  4. often; frequently; usually
  5. to exist always; to be constantly present
=8 surname Na
=8 Nuó surname Nuo
=8 variant of
=8
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=8 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
=9 Zhāng surname Zhang
=9 zhāng
  1. to open up
  2. to spread
  3. sheet of paper
  4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
  5. classifier for votes
10 长椅 cháng bench
=11 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=11 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=12 睡觉 shuìjiào
  1. to go to bed
  2. to sleep
=12 睡觉 shuìjué
  1. (archaic, intransitive) to wake up
  2. to wake up