她撿起了一塊鵝卵石。

She stooped to pick up a pebble.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather
3 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 一塊 yīkuài
  1. a piece; a chunk
  2. (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 zhè) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 qínggǎnzhèyīkuài "the emotional aspect (of it)")
  3. (coll.) one yuan; a dollar
  4. together; in the same place; in company
6 鵝卵石 éluǎnshí
  1. pebble
  2. cobblestone