"Mei2hua1 xiang1 zi4 ku3han2 lai2."

"Plum blossoms bloom because of the cold of winter" “ 梅 花 香 自 苦 寒 来 。 ”

Zhang MengZhang LiLi ZhenShu ChangSun Gang
ScribMal

wei4

for, to, for the sake of, because of 为

Liu Yu RongZhang MengLi ZhenLi Yu ZhengLi Si
FredKateSarahJeremy

you2

from, via, owing/due to, by, through, because of, makes following verb passive - by 由

Zhang MengWang JunZhang XiaoweiZhang LiLiu JinzheZhu Mengxi
JoshKarenFrank

Yin1wei2 tian1qi4 de yuan2gu4, men2 bian4xing2 le.

Because of the weather, the door is warped. 因 为 天 气 的 缘 故 ， 门 变 形 了 。

Feng XieCheng HongDu FengLiu WeihongGu Zheng
CricketAprilMichael

yi3

because of, on account of, according to (order), using, with, taking, from a point on; to use...as 以

Zhang MengLiu XiaoyunLi ZhenChu PinganGao Mingjiang
LynnMalTravis

Yin1wei2 fa1 hong2shui3, ta1 mei2 shang4xue2.

Because of the flood, he didn't go to school. 因 为 发 洪 水 ， 他 没 上 学 。

Zhang MengLiu XiaoyunLi ZhenChu PinganGao Mingjiang
LynnMikeTerryDanielle


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