底特律因它的汽车工业而出名。

Detroit is famous for its car industry.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 底特律 Dǐtèlǜ Detroit, Michigan
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
=3 它 tā it
=3 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal)
=3 它 tuō
  1. alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉／它它借借
=3 它 yí only used in 它它
=4 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 汽车 qìchē
  1. car
  2. automobile
  3. bus

classifier: 輛
6 工业 gōngyè industry
7 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
8 出名 chūmíng
  1. well-known for sth
  2. to become well known
  3. to make one's mark
  4. to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)