我们看了窗外，但什么都没看见。

We looked out the window, but we didn't see anything.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=2 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 窗外 chuāngwài outside a window
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 什么 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
=7 都 Dū surname Du
=7 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=7 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=8 没 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=8 没 mò
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
9 看见 kànjiàn to see; to catch sight of