一些航班由於地震被延誤了。

A couple of flights were delayed on account of the earthquake.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 一些 yīxiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
2 航班 hángbān (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
3 由於 yóuyú
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
4 地震 dìzhèn earthquake
=5 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=5 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=5 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=5 被 pì alternative form of 帔
6 延誤 yánwù to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào