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Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... 她了。Tā běnlái jiù bù xǐhuan nǐ, nǐ bié zài zhuī tā le.She never liked you in the first place, so stop pursuing her. 他说话的方式本来就很容易让人不舒服，你别 ...

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Chinese word order
... to happen. For example, time has to pass before you can be at a place, so that goes first. You have to be at a place before you can do anything there ...

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Editor instructions
... to be sure. When adding a new page, add the "stub" tag to the very top so that we know that it probably still needs work. It looks like this: stub ...

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Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
... creative to express the same feeling in English. 你太好了。 Nǐ tài hǎo le.You are so great. 他太帅了。 Tā tài shuài le.He is very handsome. 这个女孩 ...

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Structure of numbers
... logically. They're formed with 十 (shí) followed by a digit 一 (yī) to 九 (jiǔ). So eleven is 十一 (shíyī), twelve is 十二 (shí'èr), thirteen is 十三 (shísān ...

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Inability with "mei banfa"
... 他不开门，所以她没办法进去。Tā bù kāimén, suǒyǐ tā méi bànfǎ jìnqù.He didn't open the door, so she has no way to enter. 你不会说中文，没办法在我们公司工作。Nǐ bù huì ...

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Sentence-final interjection "a"
... 吃啊？Nǐ chī bu chī a? Are you eating or not? 谁说的啊？Shéi shuō de a? Who said so? 你傻啊？Nǐ shǎ a? What are you, stupid? 看什么啊？没见过漂亮姑娘啊 ...

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Negative adjectives with "-si le"
... 这几天忙死了。Literally, "busy to death" Zhè jǐ tiān máng sǐ le It's been so terribly busy these days 这件衣服丑死了。Literally, "ugly to death"Zhè jiàn ...

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Expressing "after all" with "bijing"
... tā háishì xiǎo, nǐ jiù bié dǎ tā le.Although he made a mistake, he is, after all, still young. So stop hitting him. 虽然我穿了不少衣服，但毕竟是北方的冬天，所以 ...

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Expressing "no wonder"
... 这么多，原来在打折。Nánguài zhèlǐ rén zhème duō, yuánlái zài dǎzhé.No wonder there are so many people here. There's a sale going on. 怪不得她拉肚子，原来她昨天又 ...

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Expressing that something has already happened with "laizhe"
... 来着！你一吃火锅就拉肚子！I told you so You have a diarrhea every time you eat hotpot 我 ... ！这个东西肯定是假的！I told you so This thing must be fake 我说什么来着 ...

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Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao"
... his girlfriend. 这么闷热，少不了是要下暴雨。Zhème mēnrè, shǎobuliǎo shì yào xià bàoyǔ.It's so stuffy. It must be about to storm. 八点多了还没回来，少不了是在加班 ...

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Advanced "le" after an object
... had class.... 老师问了问题。Lǎoshī wèn le wèntí.The teacher asked questions.... So for these short sentences, it would be more natural to put 了 after the ...

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Advanced potential complements
... 他那么老，走得了那么多路吗？Tā nàme lǎo, zǒu deliǎo nàme duō lù ma?He's so old. Will he be able to walk that far? 今晚我有事，去不了。Jīn wǎn wǒ yǒushì, qù ...

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Expressing "no" (noun) "to" (verb) with "wu... ke..."
... xīn fángzi, wǒ xiànzài wú chǔ kě qù.My lease is up, but I haven't found a new place yet, so I have nowhere to go. 很多 30岁以上的女演员说自己无戏可拍。Hěn ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... 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 Lǐ bǐ Xiǎo Zhāng gāo .Xiao ...

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Learner FAQ
... , and you'll eventually need to break down and start using it yourself. So if you're an intermediate learner, you're definitely going to need to learn ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
... what?" 就算他来了，又怎么样？Jiùsuàn tā lái le, yòu zěnmeyàng?Even if he came, so what? 就算你家有钱，又怎么样？Jiùsuàn nǐ jiā yǒu qián, yòu zěnmeyàng?Even if ...

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Expressing "almost" using "chadian mei"
... tài dà le, wǒ zǒu le hěn jiǔ, chàdiǎnr méi lèi sǐ.This place is so big. I walked for so long I almost died from exhaustion. 我差点儿没被发现。Wǒ chàdiǎnr ...

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Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... you ''do not want to do'' or ''do not intend to do'' (in the future). So expressing things like "I don't want to go" or "I'm not going" would be uses ...

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Advanced uses of "zong"
... 爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā shì nǐ bàba, nǐ zǒng yào lǐmào yīdiǎn ba.He is your father, so you ought to be a little more polite. 你拿了人家的钱，总得帮人家做事吧 ...

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