他在行竊的時後被發現。

He was detected in the very act of stealing.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 在行 zàiháng
  1. to be adept at sth
  2. to be an expert in a trade or profession
3 竊 qiè
  1. to steal
  2. secretly
  3. (humble) I
=4 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 時 Shí surname Shi
=5 時 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
6 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=7 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=7 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=7 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=7 被 pì alternative form of 帔
8 發現 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery