我今天早上起来的时候雨下得很大。

It was raining heavily when I got up this morning.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
3 早上 zǎoshang early morning

classifier:

=4 起来 lai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. lái
=4 起来 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. lai
=4 起来 lái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=7 rain

classifiers: ,

=7
  1. (literary) to rain
  2. (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  3. to precipitate
  4. to wet
8 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
9 得很 dehěn (after an adjective) very
=10
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=10 dài see 大夫 dàifu