老人快步走开了。

The old man set off at a quick trot.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 老人 lǎorén
  1. old man or woman
  2. the elderly
  3. one's aged parents or grandparents
2 快步 kuàibù quick step
3 走开 zǒukāi
  1. to leave; to walk away; to beat it
  2. to move aside
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào