汤姆今早出发晚了。

Tom got a late start this morning.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 今早 jīnzǎo this morning
3 出发 chūfā
  1. to set off
  2. to start (on a journey)
4 晚 wǎn
  1. evening
  2. night
  3. late
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào