直到第二天早晨，我们才看到了大陆。

Not until the following morning did we see land.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 直到 zhídào until
=2 第二天 dìèrtiān
  1. next day
  2. the morrow
=2 第二天 dì'èrtiān the next day
=3 早晨 zǎochén
  1. early morning
  2. also pr. zǎochen

classifier: 個
=3 早晨 zǎochen early morning (usually referring to the period from sunrise or 4 am to 8 am or 9 am)
4 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=5 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
=5 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
6 看到 kàndào to see
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=8 大陆 Dàlù mainland China (reference to the PRC)
=8 大陆 dàlù continent; mainland

classifiers: 個, 塊