因為開關壞了，我沒法兒把它打開。

I can't turn it on, because the switch is broken.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
2 開關 kāiguān
  1. power switch
  2. gas valve
  3. to open the city (or frontier) gate
  4. to open and close
  5. to switch on and off
3 壞了 huàile
  1. shoot!
  2. gosh!
  3. oh, no!
  4. (suffix) to the utmost
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
5 沒法兒 méifǎr
  1. (coll.) can't do anything about it
  2. (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...
  3. (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
=6 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=6 把 bà handle
=6 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=7 它 tā it
=7 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal)
=7 它 tuō
  1. alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉／它它借借
=7 它 yí only used in 它它
8 打開 dǎkāi
  1. to open
  2. to show (a ticket)
  3. to turn on
  4. to switch on