迪克發生了一起交通事故。

Dick had a traffic accident.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 迪克 Díkè Dick (person name)
2 發生 fāshēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 一起 yīqǐ
  1. (in) the same place
  2. together; in company (with)
  3. altogether; in total
  4. an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
5 交通事故 jiāotōngshìgù road accident; traffic accident