我们在探险的时候遇到了很多困难。

We encountered a lot of difficulties on the expedition.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 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 探险 tànxiǎn
  1. to explore
  2. to go on an expedition
  3. adventure
=4 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 跑堂兒的 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6 遇到 dào to meet; to run into; to come across
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
8 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
9 困难 kùnnan
  1. difficult
  2. challenging
  3. straitened circumstances
  4. difficult situation