鲜花因缺水而枯萎

The flowers withered for want of water.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 鲜花 xiānhuā
  1. flower
  2. fresh flowers

classifier: 朵
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
3 缺水 quēshuǐ
  1. water shortage
  2. dehydration
4 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)
5 枯萎 kūwěi
  1. to wilt
  2. to wither
  3. wilted
  4. withered
  5. drained
  6. enervated
  7. exhausted