Difference between revisions of "Expressing "for…" with "eryan""
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Using "dui"]] | *[[Using "dui"]] | ||
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| − | *[["With | + | *[["With regards to" as "zhiyu"]] |
==Sources and Further Reading== | ==Sources and Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 03:20, 30 July 2013
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对...而言 (duì...ér yán) means "from the point of view of" and is more formal than 对...来说.
Structure
对 + Noun + 而言 + [point of view]
Examples
- 对 一个 民族 而言，团结 可以 战胜 一切。For a people group, staying together can defeat everything else.
- 对 他 而言， 家庭 比 什么都重要。According to him, family is more important than anything else.
- 对 80后 而言， 网恋 很 正常。 For people born in the eighties, Internet dating is totally normal.
