她一開始讀那封信就哭了起來。

As soon as she read the letter, she began to cry.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
2 一開始 kāishǐ initially; originally; at first; in the beginning
=3 dòu
  1. comma
  2. phrase marked by pause
=3
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
=4 surname Na
=4 Nuó surname Nuo
=4 variant of
=4
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=4 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
=5 Fēng surname Feng
=5 fēng
  1. to confer
  2. to grant
  3. to bestow a title
  4. to seal
  5. classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
6 xìn
  1. letter
  2. mail
  3. to trust
  4. to believe
  5. to profess faith in
  6. truthful
  7. confidence
  8. trust
  9. at will
  10. at random

classifier:

7 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
8 to cry; to weep
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
=10 起來 lai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. lái
=10 起來 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. lai
=10 起來 lái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up