他突然喜歡上了偵探小說。

He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
3 喜歡 xǐhuan to like; to be fond of
=4 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=4 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 偵探小說 zhēntànxiǎoshuō detective novel