我們發現前門被鎖上了。

We found the front door locked.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 發現 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=3 前門 Qiánmén Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
=3 前門 qiánmén
  1. front door
  2. main entrance
  3. honest and upright approach (as opposed to 后门, back-door or under the counter)
=4 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=4 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=4 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=4 被 pì alternative form of 帔
5 鎖上 suǒshàng
  1. to lock
  2. to lock up
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào