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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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Idiomatic phrases with "zai"
... . The examples below will help. Structure 在 + Topic + 上，Subj. ⋯⋯ Note that the subject can also be put before 在. Examples 在这个问题上 ...

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Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... xǐhuan tā rènxìng hé tiáopí, zěnme le?I just like her headstrong and mischievous. What's wrong with that? 她安静和甜美的笑容让我觉得温暖。Acting as an ...

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Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
... 才见到亲生父母。Tā zhídào shíbā suì cái jiàndào qīnshēng fùmǔ.It wasn't until she was eighteen that she met her biological parents. 我直到大学毕业才开始独立生活 ...

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Pronoun
... questions, you have to put "些" after them. This is similar to "that type" or "that kind." It just broadens the question a little more. There are also ...

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Auxiliary verb
... 词 (qíngtài dòngcí) 能愿动词 (néngyuàn dòngcí) Auxiliary verbs are "helping" verbs that come before main verbs and help express a tone or mood. (The word ...

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Using "bei" sentences
... .The vase was broken into pieces. 那个人被车撞死了。Nàge rén bèi chē zhuàng sǐ le.That man got hit and killed by a car. 那个男人被警察赶出去了。Nàge nánrén ...

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Connecting nouns with "shi"
... nǐ de qián.This is all your money. 那是什么菜？Nà shì shénme cài?What food is that? 我也是他的朋友。Wǒ yě shì tā de péngyou.I am also his friend. Other ...

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Negation of past actions with "meiyou"
... on the 了 (le) One thing you need to remember when using 没有 (méiyǒu) is that '''了 (le) is not normally used with 没有 (méiyǒu)'''. 了了 (le) marks ...

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Expressing ability or possibility with "neng"
... or reliant on the speaker's health. If the speaker wishes to express that they are able to execute an action requiring a consciously studied skill ...

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Expressing "with" with "gen"
... : 和我读。Hé wǒ dú. 跟我读。Gēn wǒ dú.Read after me. The reason is that although 跟 (gēn) and 和 (hé) can both mean "and" or "with," the word 跟 (gēn) also ...

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Special cases of "zai" following verbs
... 那本书我放在桌子上了。Nà běn shū wǒ fàng zài zhuōzi shàng le.I placed that book on the table. 不要走在草地上。Búyào zǒu zài cǎodì shàng.Don't walk on the ...

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Expressing "difficult" with "nan"
... 难 (nán) with General Verbs Just as 好 (hǎo) can be used to indicate that it's Using "hao" to mean "easy" easy to do something , 难 (nán) can be ...

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Reduplication of adjectives
... Here are some examples of common adjectives that don't work in AABB form. 好吃 ... the job of a verb. Notice also that there's no 的 after the ABAB, because ...

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