消息在數小時內就傳遍了全世界。

Within hours, the world knew the news.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 消息 xiāoxi
  1. (piece of) news; information
  2. message

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2 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)
3 數小時 shùxiǎoshí several hours
=4 nèi
  1. inside
  2. inner
  3. internal
  4. within
  5. interior
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (nà, “to pay”).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to enter
  3. Original form of (nà, “to pay”).
  4. to enter
5 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
6 傳遍 chuánbiàn to spread widely
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
8 全世界 quánshìjiè
  1. worldwide
  2. entire world