Breakdown of tīngdào zhè gè xiāoxi yǐhòu, wǒ xīnli hěn gāoxìng.
Questions & Answers about tīngdào zhè gè xiāoxi yǐhòu, wǒ xīnli hěn gāoxìng.
This whole part sets the time/background for the main statement. It means something like after hearing this news.
Chinese very often puts a time phrase or background phrase before the main clause. So the structure is:
听到这个消息以后， = after hearing this news
我心里很高兴。 = I felt very happy / I was happy inside
This word order is very natural in Mandarin.
听 means to listen or to hear in a general sense.
听到 is 听 + 到, where 到 often suggests reaching or successfully achieving something. So 听到 means to hear in the sense of actually hearing / having heard something.
Compare:
- 我听音乐。 = I listen to music.
- 我听到一个声音。 = I heard a sound.
In this sentence, the speaker is talking about the moment they received the news, so 听到 is the natural choice.
个 is a measure word.
In Chinese, when you say this, that, a number, or similar words before a noun, you usually need a measure word:
- 这本书 = this book
- 那个人 = that person
- 一个消息 = one piece of news / a message
- 这个消息 = this news / this piece of news
Even though English does not usually say this piece of news, Chinese often needs that extra classifier word.