书页因年久而变黄

The pages are turning yellow with the years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 书页 shūyè page of a book
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
=3 年 Nián surname Nian
=3 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=3 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
4 久 jiǔ (of a period of time) long
5 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
6 变 biàn
  1. to change
  2. to become different
  3. to transform
  4. to vary
  5. rebellion
=7 黄 Huáng surname Huang or Hwang
=7 黄 huáng
  1. yellow
  2. pornographic
  3. to fall through