上星期在一次派對中我遇到了瑪麗。

I ran into Mary at a party last week.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 上星期 shàngxīngqī
  1. last week
  2. previous week
2 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)
3 一次 yīcì
  1. first
  2. first time
  3. once
  4. (math.) linear (of degree one)
4 派對 pàiduì (loanword) party
=5 中 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=5 中 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=5 中 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
6 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 遇到 yùdào to meet; to run into; to come across
=8 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
9 瑪麗 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali