雨一連下了一星期。

It kept raining for a week.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 rain

classifiers: ,

=1
  1. (literary) to rain
  2. (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  3. to precipitate
  4. to wet
2 一連 lián
  1. in a row
  2. in succession
  3. running
3 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5 一星 xīng tiny bit
=6
  1. variant of
  2. period
  3. cycle
=6
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr.
=6
  1. (historical, obsolete) short for 期服 (“mourning garment worn for one year following the death of a senior family member; yearlong period of mourning”)
  2. (obsolete) whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary
  3. short for 期服 (“mourning garment worn for one year following the death of a senior family member; yearlong period of mourning”)
  4. whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary