士兵们占领了这个建筑。

The soldiers occupied the building.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 士兵 shìbīng soldier

classifier: 個
2 们 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
3 占领 zhànlǐng to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
=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
5 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
6 建筑 jiànzhù
  1. to construct
  2. building

classifier: 個