停课是因为下雪。

The school's closure was due to the snow.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 停课 tíngkè
  1. to stop classes
  2. to close (of school)
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
4 下雪 xiàxuě to snow