为什么克里斯托弗·哥伦布离婚了 ？

What did Christopher Columbus discover?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 为什么 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
2 克里斯托弗 Kèlǐsītuōfú (Warren) Christopher
3 哥伦布 Gēlúnbù
  1. Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
  2. Columbus, capital of Ohio
4 离婚 líhūn to divorce
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào