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Doing something less with "shao"
... , you can use 少 to talk about doing something ''less''. 少 + Verb Note that in English, we don't use the word "less" very much. For example, rather ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... with 再 When the adverb 再 comes before the verb, there's an implication that if "things keep going on this way," then something bad is going to ...

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Expressing "until" with "dao"
... 到, use this structure: Verb Phrase (+ 一直) + Verb + 到 + Time / Event Note that in this pattern, the verb is going to repeat. Examples 你知不 ...

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Expressing "more and more" with "yuelaiyue"
... Grammar Box 越来越 (yuèláiyuè) is used frequently in Chinese to express that some quality or state is increasing with time and is often translated into ...

4 KB (602 words) - 07:54, 4 March 2019
Expressing "not only... but also" with "budan... erqie..."
... 。Lǎoshī fāxiàn, bùdàn xuéshēng shuōhuǎng, érqiě jiāzhǎng yě shuōhuǎng.The teacher found that not only did the student lie, but his parents did too. 不 ...

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Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou"
... 妈妈做的菜我什么都喜欢。Māma zuò de cài wǒ shénme dōu xǐhuan.I like everything that mom cooks. 我女朋友觉得外国的东西什么都好。Wǒ nǚpéngyou juéde wàiguó de dōngxi ...

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Expressing "all" with "suoyou"
... in our company attended this meeting. "Not All" with 不是所有的 Take note that you use 不是 rather than just 不 to negate 所有. Structure 不是 + 所 ...

5 KB (702 words) - 07:57, 22 April 2019
Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
... le, háizi men bù zhīdào xiān chī nǎge cái hǎo.There was so much delicious food that the children didn't know where to start eating. 我想问，可是不知道 ...

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Measure words for verbs
... 那个红头发的男孩打了我三下。Nàge hóng tóufa de nánhái dǎ le wǒ sān xià.That red-haired boy hit me three times. 他轻轻地拍了我两下。Tā qīngqīng de pāi le wǒ ...

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Expressing "ever since" with "yilai"
... start a statement. Time / Event + 以来，⋯⋯ Although we won't go into detail here, note that when using 以来 in a more formal or written context, you can ...

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Emphatic adverb "ke"
... it to you. 哇，这个糖醋里脊可好吃了！The speaker never dreamt that sweet and sour pork could taste this goodWa, zhège tángcù lǐjí kě hǎochī le Wow This ...

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Expressing "both… and…" with "ji...you"
... huì shuō liúlì de Zhōngwén, yě yào huì shuō liúlì de Yīngwén.The requirement is that you need to speak both fluent Chinese and English. 你不要多管闲 ...

4 KB (608 words) - 03:46, 29 December 2020
Expressing "since the beginning" with "yixiang"
... dōu zài xué Hànyǔ.He's been studying Mandarin all this time. 一向 indicates that a certain state has continued until the present. It cannot be used to ...

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Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
... with "a" Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng" "Stuff like that" with "zhileide" Sources and further reading Books Source ...

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Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong"
... 其中 (qízhōng）means "among the aforementioned" or 那里面, and denotes that something belongs to, is or is part of a bigger group. This is a little like ...

4 KB (645 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... zhīdào le.She told me she was coming back tomorrow. With regards to the specific time, I don't know about that. 律师只能为他的客户辩护，至于最后的判决，那就取决 ...

5 KB (693 words) - 09:54, 17 December 2020
Combining verbs with "bing"
... + 并 + Verb Phrase 2 Notice that 并且 is used with verbs, unlike Expressing ... meet their every need. Note that in some cases the English translation ...

5 KB (706 words) - 07:39, 8 December 2020
Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
... are translated into English, but please note that 由 not a passive marker. Stick to 被 for that. See also "Due to…" with "youyu" Adding ...

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Passive verbs with "shou"
... Affected by a cold front, today Shanghai is especially cold. It must be noted that if 受 is explained as a passive marker, then in the above examples 欢 ...

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Expressing "therefore" with "yinci"
... xiě de xiǎoshuō hěn shòu huānyíng.Han Han's writing style is very good, therefore the novels that he writes are very popular. 工厂已经停产很久了，因此无 ...

4 KB (614 words) - 09:46, 14 January 2021
Using "because" with "er" to indicate effect
... Sometimes, 因为 can be shortened to just 因. This is used more in sentences that are meant to be shorter and more succinct. Examples 我因为生病而 ...

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