湯姆剛從郵局回來。

Tom has just returned from the post office.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 剛 gāng
  1. hard
  2. firm
  3. strong
  4. just
  5. barely
  6. exactly
=3 從 Cóng surname Cong
=3 從 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
4 郵局 yóujú post office

classifiers: 家, 個
=5 回來 huílai to return; to come back
=5 回來 huílái
  1. (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  2. back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  3. to return; to come back; to be back