海嘯席捲稻田, 淹沒了城鎮。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 海嘯 hǎixiào tsunami
2 席捲 xíjuǎn
  1. to engulf
  2. to sweep
  3. to carry away everything
3 稻田 dàotián
  1. paddy field
  2. rice paddy
4 淹沒 yānmò
  1. to submerge
  2. to drown
  3. to flood
  4. to drown out (also fig.)
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 城鎮 chéngzhèn
  1. town
  2. cities and towns