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In the future in general with "yihou"
... . Examples In the examples below, the translation "in the future" is used, because using "later" for 以后 (yǐhòu) either sounds weird, or makes it ...

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Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
... 有点舒服 (yǒudiǎn shūfu), 有点好玩儿 (yǒudiǎn hǎowánr), etc., because "happy," "comfortable," and "fun" are all adjectives with positive connotations. See ...

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The filler word "neige"
... not fortunate enough to be fluent in Mandarin this may raise an eyebrow because it can sound a bit "racist," but it's very common in Mandarin and ...

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Expressing "every" with "mei"
... Noun + 都 Note that there are some words that don't use measure words because they themselves are already measure words. For example: 天 (tiān), 年 (nián ...

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Expressing lateness with "cai"
... diǎn cái dào.The movie began at 7:30, but we didn't arrive until eight because of traffic. You can use 才 alone with the verb to indicate the lateness ...

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Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... that 了 naturally occurs with a verb used after 就. This is because verbs following 就 generally have the feeling of being completed. Colloquial ...

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Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
... In this case it's Change of state with "le" "change of state 了" . This is because ''it is now the case that'' the action will not be done again. It ...

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Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
... in the original Chinese and the English translations above. This is because the "main" action usually comes second in English (after the "while ...

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Doing something less with "shao"
... vegetables. Colloquial Sayings These set phrases are worth special note, because although they follow the grammar pattern, they might not make ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... This structure can be negated using 没 (méi) on 没有 (méiyǒu). This is because if there is a result, then it already happened. And you need to Negation ...

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Result complements
... sentences which feature result complements often also use 把. This is because 把 sentences and result complements work particularly well together, as ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... 了，因为他没脸待下去了。Tā zǒu le, yīnwèi tā méiliǎn dāi xiàqù le.He left because he felt shame if he stayed. 你不能这样生活下去了。Nǐ bù néng zhèyàng shēnghuó ...

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Change of state with "le"
... it to take a while to get used to this use of 了 (le). Because it's a little vague and confusing, most learners find it useful to break this "change ...

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Aspect particle "zhe"
... to the use of ''-ing'' in English. This isn't particularly helpful, however, because the use of 着 in Chinese is not nearly so commonly used, and can ...

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Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou"
... ……都 (shénme... dōu) is a pattern often used to express "all" or "everything." Because it's not just one word, though, it can be a little tricky to get ...

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Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou"
... 每次迟到都说因为堵车。Tā měicì chídào dōu shuō yīnwèi dǔchē.Every time he's late, he says it's because of bad traffic. 我每次经过这家店都会进去看看。Wǒ měi cì ...

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Learner FAQ
... What is a complement? Complements are hard to explain to English speakers, because we don't have them in the same way in English. Chinese ...

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Big numbers in Chinese
... . In English, numbers are usually broken up into chunks of three digits. Because of 万 (wàn), it's easier to break numbers up into groups of four ...

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Expressing "if… then…" with "yaoshi"
... 是他求我，我才不帮你呢。Yàobùshì tā qiú wǒ, wǒ cái bù bāng nǐ ne.If it weren't because he begged me, I wouldn't be helping you. 要不是因为孩子，我早就离婚了 ...

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Reference:Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 1 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇)
... "zongsuan" and “zhongyu" "终于" (Finally) "Therefore" with "yinci" "因此" (Because) "再 + 形容词" (No matter how) Lesson 16 "As long ...

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Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian"
... bù duō, nánmiǎn huì chūcuò.When you first start working, you will inevitably make mistakes because you don't have much experience. 投资可以很快变富，但是 ...

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