昨天發生了一場地震。

There was an earthquake yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 發生 fāshēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=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 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
5 場地 chǎngdì
  1. space
  2. site
  3. place
  4. sports pitch
=6 震 zhèn
  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to jolt
  4. to quake
  5. excited
  6. shocked
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing thunder
  8. ☳
=6 震 shēn alternative form of 娠 (shēn, “to be pregnant”)