粗心大意可能導致嚴重的事故。

Carelessness can lead to a serious accident.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 粗心大意 cūxīndàyì
  1. negligent
  2. careless
  3. inadvertent
2 可能 kěnéng
  1. might (happen)
  2. possible
  3. probable
  4. possibility
  5. probability
  6. maybe
  7. perhaps

classifier: 個
3 導致 dǎozhì to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
4 嚴重 yánzhòng grave; serious; severe; critical
=5 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 事故 shìgù accident

classifiers: 樁, 起, 次