Difference between revisions of "Expressing "for…" with "eryan""

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对...而言 (duì...ér yán) means "from the point of view of" and is more formal than [[Using "dui"#对⋯⋯来说|对...来说]].
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对⋯⋯而言 (duì...ér yán) means "from the point of view of" and is more formal than [[Using "dui"#对⋯⋯来说|对⋯⋯来说]].
  
 
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==Structure==

Revision as of 06:21, 21 October 2016

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.

See also

Sources and Further Reading

HSK5
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