我们试了三次，都失败了。

We had three tries and failed each time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 试 shì
  1. to test
  2. to try
  3. experiment
  4. examination
  5. test
=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 三次 sāncì
  1. third
  2. three times
  3. (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
=4 三次 Sāncì
  1. (～市) Miyoshi (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Miyoshi (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 三, 次.
=5 都 Dū surname Du
=5 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=5 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
6 失败 shībài
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat

classifier: 次
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào