说起交通事故,我去年目睹了一场。

Speaking of traffic accidents, I saw one last year.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 说起 shuō
  1. to mention
  2. to bring up (a subject)
  3. with regard to
  4. as for
2 交通事故 jiāotōngshì road accident; traffic accident
3 我去 (slang) what the ...!; oh my god!; that's insane!
=4 Nián surname Nian
=4 nián year

classifier:

=4 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
5 目睹
  1. to witness
  2. to see at first hand
  3. to see with one's own eyes
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
7
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=8 cháng
  1. threshing floor
  2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
=8 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
=8 cháng variant of cháng
=8 chǎng variant of chǎng
=8 shāng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) loose soil; soil that has been tilled
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mound created by creatures like ants or moles
  3. loose soil; soil that has been tilled
  4. mound created by creatures like ants or moles