因為他的薪水太低,他買不起那棟房子。

Because his salary is low, he can't buy that house.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
2
  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)
=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 薪水 xīnshuǐ
  1. salary
  2. wage
=5 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=5
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
6
  1. low
  2. beneath
  3. to lower (one's head)
  4. to let droop
  5. to hang down
  6. to incline
7
  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)
8 買不起 mǎibu
  1. cannot afford
  2. can't afford buying
=9 surname Na
=9 Nuó surname Nuo
=9 variant of
=9
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=9 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
10 dòng
  1. classifier for houses or buildings
  2. ridgepole (old)
11 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

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