運動會因為下雨延後了。

Owing to the rain, the athletic meeting was put off.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 運動會 yùndònghuì sports competition

classifier: 個
2 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
3 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
4 延後 yánhòu
  1. to postpone
  2. to defer
  3. to delay
=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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào