昨晚睡觉之前家里进了小偷。

Last night my house was robbed while I was still awake.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨晚 zuówǎn
  1. yesterday evening
  2. last night
=2 睡觉 shuìjiào
  1. to go to bed
  2. to sleep
=2 睡觉 shuìjué
  1. (archaic, intransitive) to wake up
  2. to wake up
3 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
4 家里 jiālǐ home
5 进 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
7 小偷 xiǎotōu thief