突然之間，三隻狗出現在我們面前。

All of a sudden, three dogs appeared in front of us.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
2 之間 zhījiān
  1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 tánzhǐzhījiān)
=3 三 Sān surname San
=3 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
4 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
5 狗 gǒu dog

classifiers: 隻, 條
6 出現 chūxiàn
  1. to appear
  2. to arise
  3. to emerge
  4. to show up
7 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
8 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
9 面前 miànqián
  1. in front of
  2. facing
  3. (in the) presence (of)