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Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League:《卷发公司的案子》
... and although hundreds of people applied, he was the only one selected because of his very curly hair. When the company unexpectedly closed, Mr. Xie ...

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Affirmative-negative question
... hǎowán?Is that place fun? 有 (yǒu) Is a Special Case Structure Because the verb Negation of "you" with "mei" 有 (yǒu) is negated with 没 ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... that he would be so mad. 追 vs. 追到 This one is tricky, because "pursue" is a metaphor, and there's no obvious result. "Catch" sounds way too ...

9 KB (1,342 words) - 07:27, 17 December 2020
D1 grammar points
... enough for you, huh? Have you tried Japanese? There is no D1, because C2 is the highest level as defined by the European Common Framework, which ...

325 bytes (56 words) - 02:11, 12 February 2014
Directional verbs "lai" and "qu"
... to Japan?" using 去 (qù). Seems really easy, right? Well, learn them well now, because you'll get a lot of mileage out of these words in future grammar ...

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Taiwanese "you"
... . It's good for upper intermediate learners to know about these patterns simply because at this level you don't want to be confused by the basic ...

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Expressing "again" in the past with "you"
... 又来了又来了 fits the above pattern, but is also a little tricky because it expresses something that is still ongoing, and has already started as the ...

5 KB (771 words) - 01:53, 10 November 2020
Advanced yes-no questions with "ma"
... , and beginners will learn ''not to use 吗 with other question words'', because it's redundant. More advanced students, however, will note that 吗 has ...

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Verb
... side e.g. 要不要. These are called affirmative-negative questions because they have both the positive and negative response within them. Some nouns ...

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Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... with 和 Rather than give absolute rules, it's more helpful to give trends, because it's very difficult to provide a rule for using 和 with non-nouns ...

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Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... tāmen dǎ le hǎo jǐ cì diànhuà jiù qù le.We didn't plan to go, but we went in the end because they called us several times. 这些工作本来可以明天做的，不过如果你 ...

9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:02, 16 August 2022
Making judgments with "suan"
... This is essentially a straight negation of the affirmative form, but because it's so commonly used, it's worth giving providing extra examples ...

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Expressing "all at once" with "yixiazi"
... 子 (yīxiàzi) can be used as an adverb , meaning "all at once." Because it inherently encompasses a sense of "completion," it's typically going to be ...

4 KB (629 words) - 08:36, 24 April 2019
Advanced uses of "ba"
... fully optional, but it's good to be familiar with this pattern because it's so commonly used in spoken Chinese. You'll notice a structural similarity ...

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The use of Taiwanese Mandarin "hui"
... to follow 会 is usually negative. So you would never say 这会好吃吗？because most people like to eat delicious food. If you do say this, the speaker is ...

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Expressing "as a result" with "jieguo"
... "suoyi" Similar Expressing "due to…" with "youyu" Similar Using "because" with "er" to indicate effect Similar Stating the effect before ...

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Expressing "have to" with "budebu"
... 他不得不放弃这次旅行。Yīnwèi shēngbìng de guānxì, tā bùdébù fàngqì zhè cì lǚxíng.Because he was sick, he had no choice but to give up this trip. 我的腿受伤了 ...

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Expressing "what if" with "wanyi"
... Examples This use of 万一 has the same basic meaning as in a statement, but because it's a question, there's no solution offered. 万一我父母不同意呢 ...

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Expressing "when" with "dengdao"
Grammar Box The word 等到 (děngdào) can trip up learners, because while it can literally mean "to wait until," it also has the less literal ...

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Expressing "once" with "cengjing"
... yǒu hěn duō qián.Their family once had lots of money. Negative Form Because 过 is used to talk about past actions, it should be negated with ...

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Expressing "thus" with "cong'er"
... píqi, cóngér bìmiǎn le yī cháng zhēngdòu. See also Using "because" with "er" to indicate effect Sources and further reading Books ...

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