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Comparisons with "buru"
... děng yě shì làngfèi shíjiān, bùrú xiān qù chī gè fàn ba.It's a waste of time for us to wait here. We might as well go out and eat something first. 与 ...

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Challenging an adjective with "shenme"
... Yīnggāi zǎo jiù xíguàn le ba.What are you nervous for? Haven't you been on stage a bunch of times? You should be used to it by now. 担心什么啊，肯定可以买到 ...

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Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... 。Zài Měiguó, quánzhí māma chàbuduō zhàn wǔ fēn zhī èr.In the US, full-time mothers are about two fifths of all mothers. Sources and further reading ...

4 KB (650 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... , wǒ jiù bù zhīdào le.She told me she was coming back tomorrow. With regards to the specific time, I don't know about that. 律师只能为他的客户辩护，至于最后 ...

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Reference:Boya Chinese Upper Intermediate 1 (博雅汉语中级冲刺篇)
... Lesson 1 "是…Verb Phrase 的" Shi... de construction (Used to describe the time, place, manner etc. of an event in the past) "V1…连忙V2" "并 ...

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Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
... jiù yóu nǐ zuò dǎoyóu.You have been to Shanghai before, so you will be the tour guide this time. 这个国家的粮食主要由加拿大进口。Zhège guójiā de liángshi ...

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Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
... 不值得你担心。Zhè jiàn xiǎo shì bù zhídé nǐ dānxīn.This little thing isn't worth your time. 这个房子不值得投资。Zhège fángzi bù zhídé tóuzī.This house is not ...

3 KB (436 words) - 09:39, 14 January 2021
Expressing future with "jiang"
... general Used for Referring to the future Used for Sequencing events in time Translation will POS Verbs Subprop Auxiliary verbs

4 KB (535 words) - 09:37, 17 December 2020
Marking a topic with "de hua"
... 京的话，秋天去最好。Běijīng dehuà, qiūtiān qù zuì hǎo.As for Beijing, autumn is the best time to go. 晚上的话，当然方便啦。Wǎnshang dehuà, dāngrán fāngbiàn la.The ...

4 KB (570 words) - 03:48, 29 December 2020
Stating the effect before the cause
... suoyi" Used for Indicating cause and effect Used for Sequencing events in time Structure Cause/Effect Statements Translation because

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Expressing "even if…" with "jishi"
... , wǒmen yě chōu shíjiān péi háizi.Although it's busy now, we still take time to accompany the children. In the sentence above, the first part is the ...

4 KB (647 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020
Challenging a verb with "shenme"
... 吃什么早饭啊，要迟到了。Hái chī shénme zǎofàn a, yào chídào le.No time for breakfast. We're going to be late Note that the questions above would likely be ...

4 KB (620 words) - 08:17, 23 November 2020
Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao"
... bù dǔchē, wǒmen jiù néng zhǔnshí dào.As long as traffic isn't bad, we can get there on time. 只要你不生气，我就告诉你。 Zhǐyào nǐ bù shēngqì, wǒ jiù ...

4 KB (608 words) - 03:48, 8 February 2022
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"
... yuángōng qǐngjià, chúfēi lǐyóu hěn chōngfèn.The company won't allow its staff time off unless they have a really good reason. Pattern with Just 要 ...

6 KB (1,000 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Reference:Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)
... sentences 很真 Expressing "excessively" with "tai" 太 Adverbs of Time 本来 "All along" with "yuanlai" 原来 "Already" with "dou…le ...

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Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... nǐ shì dì-yī cì lái?This place has always been hard to find, especially on your first time. 大人尚且做不到，更何况孩子？Dàrén shàngqiě zuò bù dào, gèng ...

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Expressing "all along" with "yuanlai"
... all along 原来你们认识！Yuánlái nǐmen rènshi So you both knew each other this whole time 原来是这样！Yuánlái shì zhèyàng Oh, so it's like that 原来你这么 ...

4 KB (567 words) - 04:52, 9 March 2019
Expressing "in the end" with "jiujing"
... aimed at finding out a specific piece of info, such as a name or time. Structure 究竟 + Question Word Examples 这个人究竟是谁？Zhège ...

5 KB (760 words) - 03:22, 18 August 2021
Reference:40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课下册）
... "more and more" with "yue… yue…" degree of a certain respect changes as the time goes by. 副词“差点儿”的用法 Expressing "almost" using "chadian" The ...

5 KB (414 words) - 04:02, 8 July 2013
Reference:Structures of Mandarin Chinese for speakers of English 中文语法快易通：句型结构
... of Nouns, and Their Particles 第四章其他名词、动词修饰语和相关的助词 Section IV.1 Time-when Phrases 第一节时间短语 Section IV.2 The Structural Particles 第二节结构助词“的、地、得 ...

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Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
... no change to the structure here, but it often includes a mention of a time ''when'' something is ''going to happen''. Subj. + 要 + Verb If you want to ...

7 KB (1,096 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021