他们大约五百年前在秘鲁建立了帝国。

They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
2 大约 dàyuē
  1. approximately
  2. probably
3 五百 wǔbǎi five hundred
4 年前 niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
5 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
6 秘鲁 Bìlǔ Peru
7 建立 jiànlì
  1. to establish
  2. to set up
  3. to found
=8 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
9 帝国 dìguó
  1. empire
  2. imperial