探险家们在洞穴里发现了骸骨。

The explorers discovered a skeleton in the cave.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 探险家 tànxiǎnjiā explorer
2 们 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
3 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)
4 洞穴 dòngxué
  1. cave
  2. cavern
=5 里 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
=5 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
=5 里 Lǐ Li (surname)
=5 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 zhèn and neighborhood 邻 lín levels
6 发现 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
8 骸骨 háigǔ
  1. skeleton
  2. skeletal remains