雖然我只是在網上看了幾則新聞,但也大概知道了整件事的來龍去脈。

I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 shì or 但是 dànshì etc)
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 只是 zhǐshì
  1. merely; only; just; nothing but
  2. simply
  3. but; however
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 網上 wǎngshàng online
=6 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=6 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
=8 almost
=8
  1. how much
  2. how many
  3. several
  4. a few
=8
  1. (obsolete) alternative form of (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of / (“age; year”)
  3. alternative form of (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  4. alternative form of / (“age; year”)
9
  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items
10 新聞 xīnwén news

classifiers: ,

11 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
=12 surname Ye
=12
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
13 大概 gài
  1. roughly
  2. probably
  3. rough
  4. approximate
  5. about
  6. general idea
14 知道了 zhīdàole
  1. OK!
  2. Got it!
15 zhěng
  1. (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
  2. (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat
  3. (bound form) to put in order; to straighten
  4. (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate
  5. (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb
  6. (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
16 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
=17 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=17
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
=18 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 跑堂兒的 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
=18 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=18 really and truly
=18 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
19 來龍去脈 láilóngmài
  1. lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects