多年后我在街上偶遇了他。

I met him on the street by chance after many years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 多年 duōnián
  1. many years
  2. for many years
  3. longstanding
=2 后 Hòu surname Hou
=2 后 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=2 后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 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)
5 街上 jiēshang
  1. on the street
  2. in town
6 偶遇 ǒuyù to meet by chance
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
8 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)