兩個小時內太陽就下山了。

Within two hours the sun had set.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=1 liàng Original form of (liàng).
=2 used in 自个儿 r
=2
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
3 小時 xiǎoshí hour

classifier:

=4 nèi
  1. inside
  2. inner
  3. internal
  4. within
  5. interior
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (nà, “to pay”).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to enter
  3. Original form of (nà, “to pay”).
  4. to enter
=5 太陽 tàiyang
  1. sun
  2. sunlight; sunshine
  3. temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴 tàiyángxué)
=5 太陽 tàiyáng
  1. (I Ching) greater yang (⚌)
  2. (tarot) the Sun
  3. greater yang (⚌)
  4. sun; the Sun
  5. sunshine; sunlight
  6. the Sun
6 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 ...
7 下山 xiàshān
  1. to go down a hill
  2. (of the sun or moon) to set
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào