發生意外是因為司機的駕駛技術差。

The accident was due to bad driving.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 發生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
2 意外 wài
  1. unexpected
  2. accident
  3. mishap

classifier:

=3 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 shì variant of shì
4 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
5 司機 chauffeur; driver
=6 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 駕駛 jiàshǐ
  1. to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc)
  2. driver; pilot; captain
8 技術 shù technology; technique; skill

classifiers: , ,

=9 chā
  1. difference; discrepancy
  2. (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
  3. (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
=9 chà
  1. different
  2. wrong; mistaken
  3. to fall short; to lack
  4. not up to standard; inferior
  5. Taiwan pr. chā
=9 chāi
  1. to send (on an errand)
  2. (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  3. job; official post
=9 used in 參差 cēn
=9 cuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (cuō, “to rub with one's hands; to scrub; to twist”).
  2. Original form of (cuō, “to rub with one's hands; to scrub; to twist”).
=9 chài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (chài, “to recover from an illness”).
  2. Original form of (chài, “to recover from an illness”).