人生充滿了高低起伏。

Life is full of ups and downs.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 人生 rénshēng life (one's time on earth)
2 充滿 chōngmǎn
  1. full of
  2. brimming with
  3. very full
  4. permeated
=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 高低 gāodī
  1. height; level; (music) pitch
  2. relative superiority
  3. propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低 bùzhīgāodī)
  4. no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc)
  5. at long last
5 起伏 qǐfú
  1. to move up and down
  2. to undulate
  3. ups and downs