自來水管凍裂了。

The water pipes froze and then burst.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 自來水管 zìláishuǐguǎn
  1. water mains
  2. service pipe
  3. tap-water pipe
2 凍 dòng
  1. to freeze
  2. to feel very cold
  3. aspic or jelly
3 裂 liè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to break open
  4. to rend
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào