他自己撞坏了左臂。

He broke his left arm.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
3 撞坏 zhuànghuài to crash (a car); to become damaged in a collision; to be smashed
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=5 左 Zuǒ surname Zuo
=5 左 zuǒ
  1. left
  2. the Left (politics)
  3. east
  4. unorthodox
  5. queer
  6. wrong
  7. differing
  8. opposite
  9. variant of 佐 zuǒ
6 臂 bì arm