jì / rán / mǎi / bú / dào / zhí / dá / de / huǒ / chē / piào / wǒ / men / zhǐ / hǎo / tuì / ér / qiú / qí / cì / xiān / zuò / dào / lín / shì

既然买不到直达的火车票，我们只好退而求其次，先坐到邻市。

Since we could not get a direct train ticket, we had to settle for the next best option and travel to a neighboring city first.