他没带钥匙,用铁丝拨动了两下,门居然开了。

Having forgotten his key, he was able to open the door by inserting a wire in the keyhole.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=2
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
3 dài
  1. band
  2. belt
  3. girdle
  4. ribbon
  5. tire
  6. area
  7. zone
  8. region
  9. to wear
  10. to carry
  11. to take along
  12. to bear (i.e. to have)
  13. to lead
  14. to bring
  15. to look after
  16. to raise

classifier:

4 钥匙 yàoshi key

classifier:

5 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
6 铁丝 tiě
  1. iron wire
  2. subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地铁粉丝 tiěfěn)
  3. railway enthusiast (abbr. for 铁路粉丝 tiěfěn)

classifier:

7 拨动 dòng
  1. to stir
  2. to prod
  3. to poke
  4. to move sideways
  5. to strum (on a guitar etc)
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9 两下 liǎngxià
  1. twice
  2. for a little while
=10 Mén surname Men
=10 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: ,

11 居然 rán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. go so far as to
=12 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format
=12 jiān
  1. (obsolete) even, level
  2. a surname
  3. even, level
=13 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=13 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 liào unofficial variant of liào