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Expressing “must" with "feidei"
... form of this structure. Structure In this grammar structure, we are saying that the action must be done. Usually there is a phrase to set up the ...

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Using "cai" for small numbers
... + Noun In English, we often express this by using "only" or "just" to emphasize that the number is small. Examples 你才二十岁？Nǐ cái èrshí suì ...

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Saying "a lot" with "youdeshi"
... world. If you break up, you can find someone else. It's important to note that "有的是" can ''not'' be directly negated. If you want to make a negative ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... play ball" can be seen as "when you are playing ball." It is this sort of difference that can make 以后 and 的时候 slightly confusing at times. 吃饭的时候看电 ...

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Comparing "zhijian" and “zhongjian"
... 中间 are nouns ( location noun s, to be precise). One difference between the two, however, is that 中间 can be used all by itself, but 之间 is always used ...

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The Secret Garden:《秘密花园》
... help of new friends, she brings the garden back to life, a decision that forever changes several lives. This page lists out the grammar points used in ...

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Causative verb
... (shǐyì dòngcí) A causative verb is a kind of verb that is used to indicate that someone or something causes something else to do or be something ...

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Independent clause
... AKA 主句 (zhǔjù) An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and a predicate that modifies the subject, allowing it to stand alone as a ...

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Directional verbs "lai" and "qu"
... Structure 来 / 去 + Place Examples For the examples below, keep in mind that if the speaker uses 去 (qù), then she is not at the place ...

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Expressing "already" with just "le"
... kids still in college? B:他们工作了。This expression emphasizes that they're not students anymore, and have already entered the workforce.Tāmen gōngzuò le ...

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Prepositional phrase
... phrase is a phrase beginning with a preposition that precedes the word it modifies and clarifies that word's relationship with another word in the ...

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Structure of times (advanced)
... 07 would be said as “两点零七分” (liǎng diǎn líng qī fēn). However, note that when speaking, it is very common for most Chinese people take out the “分 (fēn ...

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Comparisons with "biqi"
... guǎnggào xiāng bǐ, wǎngluò guǎnggào méi nàme guì.Compared with print advertising, online advertising is not that expensive. 相比身体的问题，精神的问题更难治 ...

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Expressing "in this way" with "zheyang"
... 这样 corresponds to "in this way," which is another way of expressing "so that" or "thus." Structure ⋯⋯ ，这样 + 会 / 才 ⋯⋯ You will often see 会 or 才 ...

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Expressing "about to" with "jiuyao"
... use "about to" for this English translation, but the feeling is nevertheless that the impending event is coming up fast. This use of 就 (jiù) overlaps ...

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Declaring the only option with "zhihao"
... . 那天突然下雨了，我们只好取消。Nà tiān tūrán xià yǔ le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo qǔxiāo.It suddenly rained that day, so we had to cancel it. 警察给小偷看了监控，小偷只好承认了 ...

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Advanced uses of "bei"
... got beaten by someone. 那本书让人借走了。Someone borrowed that book. 你叫那个人给骗了。You got fooled that guy. 你让老板给炒鱿鱼了？You got fired by your ...

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Reduplication
... term for repeating a word is overly repetitive itself. You'd think that the word "duplication" would work just fine, but the linguistic term really ...

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The Prince and the Pauper:《王子和穷孩子》
... earliness with "jiu" "It seems" with "haoxiang" Mistakenly think that Using "youde" to mean "some" Expressing "everyone" with ...

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Expressing "about" with "guanyu"
... cì kǎoshì, wǒ hái yǒu jǐ gè wèntí yào wèn.As for this exam, I still have a few questions that I need to ask. 关于这个问题，你们还是问他吧。Guānyú zhège wèntí ...

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Expressing "one by one" with "yi"
... just meaning "one by one," when 一 (yī) is used with a measure word that is a unit of time like "day" or "year," the meaning changes to "little by ...

4 KB (709 words) - 08:08, 26 November 2018