因為車子壞了，他們只好步行。

The car broke down, so they had to walk.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
=2 車子 chēzi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
=2 車子 chēzǐ
  1. (Classical) cart driver; coachman
  2. cart driver; coachman
3 壞了 huàile
  1. shoot!
  2. gosh!
  3. oh, no!
  4. (suffix) to the utmost
4 他們 tāmen they; them
5 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
6 步行 bùxíng
  1. to go on foot
  2. to walk