他醒了過來，發現自己正躺在一間不見天日的狹小囚室裏。

When he came to he found himself lying in a small, windowless cell.

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 醒 xǐng
  1. to wake up
  2. to be awake
  3. to become aware
  4. to sober up
  5. to come to
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=4 過來 guòlái
  1. to come over
  2. to manage
  3. to handle
  4. to be able to take care of
=4 過來 guòlai see 過來 guòlái
5 發現 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
6 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=7 正 zhēng first month of the lunar year
=7 正 zhèng
  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive
8 躺 tǎng
  1. to recline
  2. to lie down
9 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
10 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
=11 間 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=11 間 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=11 間 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete) Used in place names.
  2. (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
  3. Used in place names.
  4. Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
12 不見天日 bùjiàntiānrì all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
=13 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=13 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=13 的 dí really and truly
=13 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 狹小 xiáxiǎo narrow
15 囚室 qiúshì prison cell
16 裏 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ