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Expressing "only after" with "cai"
... 我看了两遍才看懂。Nà běn shū wǒ kàn le liǎng biàn cái kàn dǒng.I had to read that book twice to understand it. 我去了三次北京才见到了那个客户。Wǒ qù le sān ...

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Preposition
... affirmative-negative questions . Functions Prepositions do a lot of work that we sometimes take for granted. They help indicate the environment ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... is: Noun 1 + 比 + Noun 2 + Adj. The noun that's placed first is the one that comes out on top in the comparison. So in the sentence: 小李比小张高。Xiǎo ...

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Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
... 那么 / 这么 + Adj. Examples You could think of 这么 as "this" or "so," and 那么 as "that" or "so." 他说得这么快，你们听得懂吗？Tā shuō de zhème kuài, nǐmen ...

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Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... speaker. It comes before the verb. 我早就知道了！Wǒ zǎo jiù zhīdào le I knew that long ago 她早就结婚了。Tā zǎo jiù jiéhūn le.She got married a long time ...

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Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
... : 再也不 (zài yě bù) Using 再也 with 不 Structure To express that something will ''never'' be done again, or never happen again, you can use ...

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Result complements
... in this article for the sake of simplicity, you may have noticed that sentences which feature result complements often also use 把. This is because ...

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Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... 。Zhège wèntí tài jiǎndān le, lián sān suì xiǎohái dōu zhīdào.This question is so easy that even a three-year-old kid knows the answer. 这个汉字太难了，连 ...

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Comparisons with "buru"
... do. 我担心我解释得不如你清楚。Wǒ dānxīn wǒ jiěshì de bùrú nǐ qīngchǔ.I'm afraid that I can't explain it as clearly as you. 他说中文不如他老婆说得地道。Tā shuō ...

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Bu and mei(you)
... whereas 没 negates actions and statements about the past. Note that 没(有) is used to say that something ''has not taken place'', whereas 不 is used to ...

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The "however" adverb "que"
... It's also important to point out that 却 is not a conjunction ; ... subject'' and ''before the verb''. (Note that when you use a conjunction like 但是 ...

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Expressing "only if" with "zhiyou"
... is one of the simpler 才 patterns, providing a way to emphasize that it's ''THIS'' one (''not'' THAT one). There's no "only if" here, but the 只有 is ...

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Expressing purpose with "hao"
... 好考个好大学。Tā xuéxí fēicháng nǔlì, hǎo kǎo gè hǎo dàxué.He is studying very hard so that he can get into a good university. 她在学中文，好听得懂别人说什么。Tā ...

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Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
... read-not-understand"Háizi men kàn bu dǒng nǐ xiě de Hànzì.Kids don't understand the characters that you wrote. 你看不懂我的邮件吗？Literally, "read-not ...

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Structural particle "de"
... gives us more information about the noun, and the 的 (de) makes it clear that the extra information is connected to the noun. Here's an example: 红色的 ...

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Expressing "never" with "conglai"
... 从来 (cónglái) may be shortened to just 从 (cóng) in casual speech. Note that you can have an object or other information after the verb, but the 过 (guo ...

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Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... similar to 幸亏幸亏 (xìngkuī) in meaning, the major grammatical similarity being that both can be used with 不然 or 才. But there are a few difference ...

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Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
... zài jiā, suǒyǐ wǒ bái pǎo le yī tàng.He wasn't home when I got there, so I wasted all of that time going over there. 不好意思，让你白忙了一个早上，我们老板今天 ...

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Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... 打扮。Zhège nǚshēng hěn huì dǎban.This girl knows how to dress up really well. Note that 很能说 means someone talks ''a lot'', 很会说 means they ''have a way ...

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Advanced uses of "dou"
... 我跑这么远。Dōu shì nǐ, hài wǒ pǎo zhème yuǎn.It's because of you, making me go all that way. 都怨你，不提前订好座位。Dōu yuàn nǐ, bù tíqián dìng hǎo zuòwèi.I ...

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Using "er" to explain contrasting ideas
... 。Wǒ bù shì bù xiǎng bāng nǐ, ér shì méiyǒu nénglì bāng nǐ.It's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I have no way to help you. 重要的不是你的外表 ...

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