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Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo"
... 别说 (bié shuō) means something like "leaving aside" or "don't think about," and is used in the following way: Structure 别说 + A ，连 / 就是+ B + 也 / 都 ...

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Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
... take on the meanings of "to need" as well as "will (do something)." In every case, context is crucial for figuring out which meaning someone is trying ...

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Expressing the self-evident with "ma"
... - no questions with ma "yes/no question" particle 吗 (ma) you learned back in the day, but with a rather different function. It can be used when the ...

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Particle
... thing. Finally, particles always have a neutral tone. Functions Particles in Chinese can do all sorts of different things. They can indicate mood ...

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Expressing "not very" with "bu zenme"
... 这里的冬天不怎么冷。Zhèlǐ de dōngtiān bù zěnme lěng.It's not very cold here in winter. 他们好像不怎么高兴。Tāmen hǎoxiàng bù zěnme gāoxìng.They don't seem to ...

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Yihou, zhihou, houlai and ranhou
... －我以前在Intel工作，以后就去了Microsoft。后来／然后后来 is a noun, 然后 in a conjuction 后来 can express only past events 然后 can express alsi present and future. 然后 is not ...

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Expressing "nearly" with "jihu"
... ，几乎每个人都会说英文。Zài wǒmen gōngsī, jīhū měi gè rén dōu huì shuō Yīngwén.In our company, almost everyone can speak English. 在中国，几乎所有老外都会说 “你好 ...

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Expressing "always" with "zongshi"
... (zǒngshì) is used together with an adjective, you will need to add a modifier in the middle, such as 很 (hěn), 特别 (tèbié), Adjectives with "name" and ...

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Indicating the whole with "quan"
... the ''whole'' world, etc. Used before Noun Structure Simply put 全 in front of the noun you want to emphasize "the whole" of. You cannot ...

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Comparing "pingshi" and "pingchang"
... 娱乐活动？Zài Zhōngguó, qù jiǔbā shì bu shì hěn píngcháng de yúlè huódòng?In China, is it common to go to a bar for entertainment? Example Dialog A ...

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Comparing "xiande" and "kanqilai"
Grammar Box Both 显得 (xiǎnde) and 看起来 (kànqǐlái) have meanings in English like "to appear to be" or "seems like," but their connotations are subtly ...

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Expressing "as one likes" with "jiu"
... Why do you need to think about it so much? Advanced Pattern You can also add in a question word, like 什么, 哪儿, or 怎么. When this is the case, the ...

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Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
... 带, 驶 etc. As you can see, these are words that imply some sort of motion. In addition, compared to 向, 往 is used more often with those verbs, because 往 ...

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Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
... jiù yǒu zīgé zuò nǐ de shīfu.On the basis of Lao Li's twenty years of experience in this industry, he is qualified to be your teacher. 他只凭歌声就能 ...

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Expressing "could it be possible that" with "mofei"
... Structure You can use 莫非 the same way you would use 难道: in a rhetorical question. Remember that these questions are to emphasize a point, so they ...

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Stating two or more reasons with "yilai...erlai"
... 到市场经济。 Sources and Further Reading Books Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese 汉语口语常用句式例解 (p. 294) http://www ...

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Comparing "genben" and "daodi"
... 底 (dàodǐ) is that 根本 is used to emphasize negation and 到底 is used in a question to ask the result of something. 根本 can be used to emphasize a negative ...

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与
... ) is a rather formal word that can be used in place of 和 or 跟 to mean " with " in many contexts. Learners don't need to worry about it much ...

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Expressing "your side" with "ben"
... formal written Chinese, 本 can mean "this side," as in "this company" or "this country." It always refers to the side that the speaker is on. Basic ...

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Expressing "any" with "renhe"
... 何时候都可以来。Wǒ jiā yǒngyuǎn huānyíng nǐ, rènhé shíhou dōu kěyǐ lái.You are always welcome in our house. You can come by anytime. 这次的项目很重要，任何意外都 ...

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Expressing “must" with "feidei"
... must" or "have to." Usually it appears in the grammar structure 非得...不可/不行/不 ... this structure. Structure In this grammar structure, we are saying ...

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