话说，你听说玛丽辞职了吗？

By the way, did you hear that Mary quit her job?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 话说 huàshuō
  1. It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
  2. to discuss; to recount
=2 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=2 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
3 听说 tīngshuō
  1. to hear (sth said)
  2. one hears (that)
  3. hearsay
  4. listening and speaking
4 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
5 辞职 cízhí to resign
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=7 吗 má (coll.) what?
=7 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=7 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)