由于这几天下了很多雪,因此学校停课了。

Due to the large amounts of snow over the last few days, school has been cancelled.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 由于 yóu
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
2 这几天 zhètiān the past few days
3 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=6 Xuě surname Xue
=6 xuě
  1. snow
  2. (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

classifier:

7 因此 yīn thus; consequently; as a result
8 学校 xuéxiào school

classifier:

9 停课 tíng
  1. to stop classes
  2. to close (of school)
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào