早上四点钟开始下雨。

It started to rain at four o'clock in the morning.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 早上 zǎoshang early morning

classifier: 個
2 四点 sìdiǎn
  1. The Chinese character component 灬.
  2. four o'clock
=3 钟 Zhōng surname Zhong
=3 钟 zhōng
  1. handleless cup; goblet
  2. (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
  3. variant of 钟 zhōng
=3 钟 zhōng
  1. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 鍾 /钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
  4. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
  5. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
  6. metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  7. time measured in hours and minutes

classifiers: 架, 座, 點, 分, 秒
4 开始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個
5 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain