我们设了个陷阱来抓狐狸。

We set a trap to catch a fox.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 设 shè
  1. to set up; to put in place
  2. (math.) given; suppose; if
=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 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=4 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=4 个 gè variant of 个 gè
5 陷阱 xiànjǐng
  1. pitfall
  2. snare
  3. trap
6 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
7 抓 zhuā
  1. to grab
  2. to catch
  3. to arrest
  4. to snatch
  5. to scratch
8 狐狸 húli
  1. fox
  2. fig. sly and treacherous person