鸟儿成群飞着。

The birds were flying in a group.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 鸟儿 niǎor bird
2 成群 chéngqún
  1. in groups
  2. large numbers of
  3. grouping
3 飞 fēi to fly
=4 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=4 着 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=4 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply