過了三天我才知道原來她失蹤了。

It was not until three days after that I knew she had disappeared.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 過 Guō surname Guo
=1 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=1 過 guo (experienced action marker)
=2 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=2 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)
=2 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=2 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=3 三 Sān surname San
=3 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
4 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
5 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=6 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=6 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
7 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
8 原來 yuánlái
  1. original; former
  2. originally; formerly; at first
  3. so, actually, as it turns out
9 她 tā she
10 失蹤 shīzōng
  1. to be missing
  2. to disappear
  3. unaccounted for
=11 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 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)
=11 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào