消防員到達竝發現了起火的房子。

Upon arrival, the firefighters discovered the house in flames.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 消防員 xiāofángyuán firefighter; fireman
2 到達 dào to reach; to arrive
3 bìng variant of bìng
4 發現 xiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=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 起火 huǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to cook
  3. to get angry
=6 起火 qihuǒ
  1. (historical) a type of traditional Chinese firework
  2. a type of traditional Chinese firework
=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 跑堂儿的 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 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

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