昨晚發生了一場火災，三棟房屋被燒毀了。

A fire broke out last night and three houses were burnt down.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨晚 zuówǎn
  1. yesterday evening
  2. last night
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 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=5 場 cháng
  1. threshing floor
  2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
=5 場 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
6 火災 huǒzāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
=7 三 Sān surname San
=7 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
8 棟 dòng
  1. classifier for houses or buildings
  2. ridgepole (old)
9 房屋 fángwū
  1. house
  2. building

classifiers: 所, 套
=10 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=10 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=10 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=10 被 pì alternative form of 帔
11 燒毀 shāohuǐ to burn up; to burn down
=12 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 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)
=12 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào