為了報仇,他們放火燒了鄰居的家。

They set fire to their neighbour's house in revenge.

They set fire to their neighbor's house in revenge.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 為了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
2 報仇 bàochóu
  1. to take revenge
  2. to avenge
3 他們 men they; them
4 放火燒 fànghuǒshāo
  1. (transitive) to torch (something); to intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire
  2. to torch (something); to intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
6 鄰居 lín neighbor

classifier:

=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiā
=8 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier:

=8 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)