太陽都要下山了。

The sun is about to set.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 太陽 tàiyang
  1. sun
  2. sunlight; sunshine
  3. temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴 tàiyángxué)
=1 太陽 tàiyáng
  1. (I Ching) greater yang (⚌)
  2. (tarot) the Sun
  3. greater yang (⚌)
  4. sun; the Sun
  5. sunshine; sunlight
  6. the Sun
=2 都 Dū surname Du
=2 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=2 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=3 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=3 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
4 下山 xiàshān
  1. to go down a hill
  2. (of the sun or moon) to set
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào