哥伦布发现了美洲。

Columbus discovered America.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 哥伦布 Gēlúnbù
  1. Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
  2. Columbus, capital of Ohio
2 发现 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 美洲 Měizhōu
  1. America (including North, Central and South America)
  2. the Americas
  3. abbr. for 亞美利加洲 Yàměilìjiā Zhōu