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Emphasizing negation with "you"
... , 又 is used to emphasize that something "''didn't'' happen," "''is not''" the case, or "''will not'' happen." It's most often used with 不 and 没 ...

4 KB (556 words) - 01:52, 10 November 2020
Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... Inability with "mei banfa" 没办法 (méi bànfǎ) ("there is no way" that's gonna happen ). Both 没 (méi) and 没有 (méiyǒu) are correct, however. 我没办法。Wǒ ...

17 KB (2,625 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Comparing "changchang" and "jingchang"
... in this way, 经常 can also be used as an adjective referring to things that happens very frequently. 常常 can't be used this way. A simple example: 她忘带 ...

3 KB (517 words) - 07:34, 9 July 2021
Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... Only 会 can be used to mean something is going to happen. It expresses that something in the future will happen and is often used to express trends or ...

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Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu"
... impatient and there was indeed a very long wait for this thing that ''finally'' happened). 你终于决定了！Nǐ zhōngyú juédìng le You finally decided 终 ...

4 KB (539 words) - 03:21, 4 January 2021
Advanced uses of "zong"
... 生了什么，人总要吃饭吧。Bùguǎn fāshēng le shénme, rén zǒng yào chīfàn ba.No matter what happens, people still have to eat, right? 他是你爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā ...

5 KB (696 words) - 03:00, 27 January 2022
Expressing "contrary to expectations" with "pianpian"
... example sentences, we see that the opposite what one hopes or desires has happened. In the first sentence, we see that the person is expected to come ...

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Expressing "any" with "renhe"
... hěn zhòngyào, rènhé yìwài dōu bùyào fāshēng.This is a very important project and no accidents are to happen. 我们老板人很好，你有任何想法都可以跟他说 ...

4 KB (542 words) - 00:20, 14 April 2023
Comparing "buduan" and "buting"
Grammar Box If something keeps happening and won't stop happening, we say that it is "continuous" or "incessant." In Chinese, the words are 不断 ( ...

4 KB (649 words) - 10:18, 14 January 2021
Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... same thing. These are times when there isn't really a duration, it just happens in an instant. For example, "when you see her." This means, "as soon ...

5 KB (783 words) - 09:26, 9 November 2020
Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou"
... Subj. + Specified Time + 以后／之后 + Verb In situations something happens after ''something else'', you can use 以后. The stipulation with this is that ...

7 KB (1,031 words) - 02:17, 8 March 2021
Expressing "be going to" with "yao"
... planning to go home after getting off work? See also About to happen with "le" Wanting to do something with "yao" Auxiliary verb "hui ...

5 KB (727 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
Time adverb
... 再又 for past repetition. The event has happened twice. 再 for repetition in the future. The event has happened once so far. 又 may be used for ...

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Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... or an adverb. 本来 + 是 for a Change of Plans If something happened unexpectedly later, 本来 is preferred rather than 原来 considering there is a ...

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Expressing "all at once" with "yixiazi"
... 一下子 (yīxiàzi) is a very informal expression to describe how fast things happened. It usually touches upon sudden or severe changes in a very short ...

4 KB (629 words) - 08:36, 24 April 2019
Expressing "finally" with "zhongyu"
... after a long wait. Usually the speaker is looking forward to what is happening at long last, and thus, 终于 (zhōngyú) typically carries a sense of ...

3 KB (480 words) - 09:49, 15 April 2019
Expressing "what if" with "wanyi"
... fāshēng zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, mǎshàng bàojǐng.In the unlikely event that this happens, call the police immediately. 以防万一(yǐfángwànyī) as "just in ...

4 KB (675 words) - 03:12, 17 December 2020
Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
... ." Use it when you need to explain that happened unexpectedly later. Since the action has already happened, the The "shi... de" construction for ...

6 KB (926 words) - 07:41, 19 January 2021
Expressing "once" with "cengjing"
... verb phrases in a sentence. It adds the sense of "once" having happened (the "once upon a time" meaning of "once"), sometimes translated as "ever ...

7 KB (972 words) - 07:39, 17 December 2020
Expressing "and then" with "yushi"
... followed by the second event. 于是 can only be used to recount events that happened in the past. 因此 is more formal and mostly used in writing. 于是 ...

6 KB (917 words) - 07:46, 14 January 2021
Simple rhetorical questions
... incredulity. The speaker clearly thinks this shouldn't have happened, or thought it couldn't have happened. 谁让你……？ The third one is exclusively used ...

7 KB (1,110 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021