自己生了孩子後才明白母愛到底是怎麼一回事。

It was not until I had a baby myself that I knew what mother's love is.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
2 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 孩子 háizi child
5 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=6 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=6 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
7 明白 míngbai
  1. clear; obvious; unequivocal
  2. sensible; reasonable
  3. to understand; to realize
=8 母愛 mǔài maternal love
=8 母愛 mǔ'ài mother love; maternal love
9 到底 dàodǐ
  1. finally
  2. in the end
  3. when all is said and done
  4. after all
  5. to the end
  6. to the last
=10 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=10 是 shì variant of 是 shì
11 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
12 一回事 yīhuíshì
  1. one and the same (thing)
  2. one thing (as distinct from another)