他们收养了那个孤儿。

They adopted the orphan.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
2 收养 shōuyǎng
  1. to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
  2. to adopt (a child)
  3. adoption
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 那个 nàge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
=5 孤儿 gūér orphan
=5 孤儿 gū'ér
  1. orphan (a minor whose father has died)
  2. orphan (a minor, both of whose parents have died)