那天晚上發生了火災。

A fire broke out during that night.

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Sentence Composition

1 那天 nàtiān
  1. that day
  2. the other day
2 晚上 wǎnshang
  1. evening
  2. night
  3. in the evening

classifier: 個
3 發生 fāshēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 火災 huǒzāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)