除了一人,大家都回家了。

Except for one person, everybody went home.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 除了 chúle
  1. apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他除了他谁也没来 chúle,shéiméilái "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語除了英语他也会法语 chúle Yīng,huì "in addition to English, he also knows French")
  2. (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 chúle + A + 就是 jiùshì + B, "either A or B")
2 一人 rén
  1. (historical) emperor
  2. a person; one person; someone
  3. by one person; alone
  4. emperor
  5. one person each
=3 大家 jiā
  1. everyone
  2. influential family
  3. great expert
=3 大家
  1. (literary) alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
  2. alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
=4 surname Du
=4 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
5 回家 huíjiā to return home
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào