如果他們知道會發生那樣的事,一定會改用別的計劃的。

Had they known what was about to happen, they would have changed their plans.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 他們 men they; them
3 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
=4 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=4 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=4 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
5 發生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
6 那樣 yàng
  1. that kind
  2. that sort
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=8
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
9 一定 dìng
  1. surely
  2. certainly
  3. necessarily
  4. fixed
  5. a certain (extent etc)
  6. given
  7. particular
  8. must
=10 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=10 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=10 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
11 改用 gǎiyòng
  1. to change over to
  2. to switch to
  3. to use (sth different)
12 別的 biéde
  1. else
  2. other
13 計劃 huà
  1. plan
  2. project
  3. program
  4. to plan
  5. to map out

classifiers: ,

=14 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target