因为闪光灯坏了，他不能在黑暗中拍照。

The flash wasn't working, so he couldn't take a picture in the dark.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
2 闪光灯 shǎnguāngdēng flash bulb (photography)
3 坏了 huàile
  1. shoot!
  2. gosh!
  3. oh, no!
  4. (suffix) to the utmost
4 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
5 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
6 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=7 黑暗 hēiàn
  1. dark
  2. darkly
  3. darkness
=7 黑暗 hēi'àn
  1. (figurative) backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
  2. (obsolete) rhinoceros horn
  3. backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
  4. dark; unlighted
  5. rhinoceros horn
=8 中 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=8 中 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=8 中 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
9 拍照 pāizhào to take a picture