蜗牛缩进壳里去了。

The snail retreated into its shell.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 蜗牛 wōniú
  1. snail
  2. Taiwan pr. guāniú
2 缩进 suōjìn
  1. to retreat into; to draw back into
  2. (typography) to indent
=3 壳 qiào variant of 殼 qiào
=3 壳 ké
  1. (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
  2. case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
=3 壳 qiào
  1. (bound form) shell
  2. Taiwan pr. ké
=4 里 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
=4 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=4 里 Lǐ Li (surname)
=4 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 zhèn and neighborhood 鄰 lín levels
5 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào