如果他当时再小心一点点,事故就不会发生了。

If he had been a little more careful, the accident would have been avoided.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=3 当时 dāngshí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. while
=3 当时 dàngshí
  1. at once
  2. right away
4 zài
  1. again; once more; re-
  2. further; beyond this point of time
  3. (before an adjective) more
  4. then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or dōu for emphasis)
  6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 zài, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
  7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
5 小心 xiǎoxīn
  1. to be careful
  2. to take care
6 一点点 diǎndiǎn a little bit
7 事故 shì accident

classifiers: , ,

8 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
9 不会 huì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
10 发生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=11 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 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)
=11 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 liào unofficial variant of liào