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Comparing "shihe" and "heshi"
... ) and 合适 (héshì) annoying, to say the least. They mean more or less the same thing, but the former is a verb, while the latter is an adjective. The ...

4 KB (653 words) - 09:48, 14 January 2021
Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around"
... without a clear direction." It's sort of like "verbing this way and that." The same verb is repeated before the 来 (lái) and 去 (qù). So for example, 走 ...

3 KB (468 words) - 04:02, 23 June 2021
Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
... 没 This can get confusing, even though it's really the same pattern (and same logic) with a little added complexity. This pattern goes beyond the ...

4 KB (668 words) - 07:57, 14 May 2019
Expressing "just" with "gang"
... that happened not long ago. 刚刚 (gānggāng) is used the same way, with the same meaning. Subj. + 刚 + Verb or Subj. + 刚刚 + Verb Examples 我 ...

4 KB (572 words) - 04:45, 9 March 2019
Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
... . Form with 白白白 can also be replaced with 白白 with basically the same meaning, although 白白 has a stronger emphasis on the "wasted effort." 白白 is ...

5 KB (791 words) - 09:31, 18 January 2021
Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu"
... Grammatical Structure Grammatically, 总算 and 终于 are used basically the same way. They are both adverbs, and they can be placed before the subject ...

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Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
... are used before a verb, the three have the same structure and their meaning is the same. Although they are often interchangeable, there are also cases ...

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Expressing "similar to" with "gen... shide"
Grammar Box 跟...似的 (gēn... shìde) is the same as pretty much the same as "像...一样." 似的 the is an auxiliary word, and it is used after a noun, a ...

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Expressing "to be worthy of" with "bukuishi"
... use 不愧是 before the noun. You can also swap out the 是 with 为. The meaning stays the same. Subject + 不愧是（不愧为）+ reputation Examples 他不愧是一名光荣的人民 ...

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Comparing "yishi" and "yidu"
... yī dù) both look like they have the same meaning, and the way they are used structurally is the same, but in actuality they are pretty different. 一 ...

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Comparing "huifu" and "huanyuan"
... "destroyed" connotation of 恢复. Grammar pattern-wise, it's pretty much used the same way as 恢复. 还原 + Noun Phrase Examples 还原历史的真相。他想 ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... Chinese must be kept straight. Structure 以后 and 的时候 both appear in the same place in the sentence: after the verb. Subj. + Verb + 以后／的时候，⋯⋯ The ...

5 KB (783 words) - 09:26, 9 November 2020
Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…"
... words and word order word order of time words . Used for Places The same structure can also be used to express "from" one place "to" another ...

4 KB (675 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Affirmative-negative question
... in the positive, then repeat the same verb in its negative form, similar to ... the first character (and the same is generally true of two-character ...

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Modifying nouns with adjective + "de"
... " or "the red one" in English. In Chinese the 的 (de) serves the same purpose as the English word "one." By using this pattern, you can avoid repeating ...

5 KB (713 words) - 09:49, 2 April 2019
Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... 玩游戏和跑 (the structure of the two is very different) is quite awkward. Both verbs share the same object (e.g. 管理和运营一家公司) or are both modified by the ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Comparisons with "biqi"
... A …… Examples Note that the following sentence pairs are saying the exact same thing using the two slightly different structures above. 相比网络教 ...

4 KB (586 words) - 07:41, 18 December 2020
Expressing "the more... the more..." with "yue… yue…"
... the more my legs hurt. The More... the Less... This is actually the same pattern as the last one, but its different English translation makes it ...

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Expressing "one by one" with "yi"
... "one by one." But other measure word s can be used in the same pattern instead of 个. Structure 一 + Measure Word + 一 + Measure Word (+ Noun ...

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Expressing "and then" with "yushi"
... then." Since 于是 can only be used to talk about the past, 了 is often used in the same sentence. ⋯⋯ ，于是 ⋯⋯ + 了 Examples 我看大家都买了，于是我也买了 ...

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Reference:The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries (2nd ed.)
... 之而来的是X “along with it comes X, it goes hand in hand with X, at the same time comes X, right afterwards comes X” A仅次于B “A is second only to B, A is ...

10 KB (1,023 words) - 10:03, 25 September 2018