我们从报纸中获知每天发生的重大事件。

We are informed by newspapers of the major events that take place every day.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
=2 cóng variant of cóng
=2 Cóng surname Cong
=2 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
3 报纸 bàozhǐ
  1. newspaper
  2. newsprint

classifiers: , ,

=4 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=4 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=4 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
5 获知 huòzhī
  1. to learn of (an event)
  2. to hear about (sth)
6 每天 měitiān every day
7 发生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=8 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 重大 zhòng
  1. great
  2. important
  3. major
  4. significant
=9 重大 Chóng short for 重慶大學
10 事件 shìjiàn incident; event