昨天發生了一個不幸的事故。

Yesterday there was an unfortunate accident.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 發生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
=4 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
5 不幸 xìng
  1. misfortune
  2. adversity
  3. unfortunate
  4. sad
  5. unfortunately

classifier:

=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 事故 shì accident

classifiers: , ,