蛇吃掉了鳄鱼。

The snake ate the crocodile.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 蛇 shé variant of 蛇 shé
=1 蛇 shé
  1. snake
  2. serpent

classifier: 條
=1 蛇 yí used in 委蛇 wēiyí
2 吃掉 chīdiào
  1. to eat up
  2. to consume
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 鳄鱼 èyú crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 mn; 隻／只 mn)

classifier: 條