他们冒着倾盆大雨出发了。

They started in spite of the heavy rain.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
2 冒着 màozhe
  1. to brave
  2. to face dangers
3 倾盆大雨 qīngpéndàyǔ (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
4 出发 chūfā
  1. to set off
  2. to start (on a journey)
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào