我們因為風暴推遲了起程。

We postponed our departure because of the storm.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
3 風暴 fēngbào
  1. storm
  2. violent commotion
  3. fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
4 推遲 tuīchí
  1. to postpone
  2. to put off
  3. to defer
=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
6 起程 qǐchéng
  1. to set out
  2. to leave