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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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Template:Infobox/doc
... , or a label/data pair, or just a data cell. These are mutually exclusive states so if you define a row with both a header and a label/data pair, the ...

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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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Comparing "buduan" and "buting"
... 我今天很困，不停地打哈欠。Wǒ jīntiān hěn kùn, bù tíng de dǎ hāqian.I'm so tired today. I can't stop yawning. 感冒了，喉咙痛，还不停地流鼻涕。Gǎnmào le, hóulóng ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... result was achieved. It can have the effect of making a verb mean "try to ''verb''." So 做 without -到 is kind of like "try to do," but when you want to ...

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Foreword
... the very outset, students can begin to move toward the goal that was formerly so elusive: the acquisition of 语感 (yǔgǎn), the “feeling for the language ...

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Expressing "in this way" with "zheyang"
... 的是这样想的吗？Nǐmen zhēnde shì zhèyàng xiǎng de ma?Do you guys really think so? Used as a Conjunction This use of 这样 corresponds to "in this way ...

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Expressing "multiples" with "bei"
... (x + 2x). This little detail is sometimes confusing even for native speakers, so if you're talking about multiples and 多 is involved, be sure to use ...

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A2 Grammar Course
... '''Two uses of 以后 (yihou), two uses of 以前 (yiqian):''' so simple, yet so elusive... '''Expressing "when" with 的时候 (de shihou):''' this one starts ...

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Simple rhetorical questions
... de zhème wǎn, néng bù chídào ma?You got up so late, how could you not be late? A: 我点 ... cài, néng bù pàng ma?Eating so much food at night, how could I ...

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Main Page
... are still a work in progress (there are ask: Level::C1 format=count so far), but if you'd like to help edit them, Contact please get in ...

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Part of speech
... as ''-性'' or ''-化'' or ''-们'', but they're not common. So we'll point them out when they exist, but they're not something you can consistently count ...

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Rhetorical questions
... him.) 这么贵，值得吗？（不值得。）Zhème guì, zhídé ma？(Bù zhídé.)It's so expensive. Is it even worth it?(It's not worth it.) Rhetorical Question with 不 or 没 ...

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Degree complement
... 。Tā de wàzi chòu sǐle.His socks totally reek. 小狗可爱死了。Xiǎogǒu kě'ài sǐle.The puppy is so adorable 老师说今天没有作业，我们都高兴坏了。Lǎoshī shuō jīntiān ...

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Using "ba" sentences
... clear on the explanations you've read so far and the examples make sense ... a gun"), and 一把椅子 ("a chair"). So, you've got to look at how 把 is being ...

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The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... ''was'' carried out, and only the detail emphasized by 是⋯⋯的 is being denied. So, in the second sentence, the implication is that 他 didn't go with 我们 ...

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Style guide
... up a list of example sentences, you may want to draw up a table. To do so, do follow these steps: Wrap the whole table in a <div> with class ''liju'' ...

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