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Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... want to get paid without doing your job? 你想得倒简单！怎么可能？What you thought is too simple How could that be possible? Giving An Emphasis with 倒 ...

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Expressing "that's all" with "eryi"
... with 而已 After a Noun Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and that's all, you can stick 而已 at the end of the sentence ...

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Old Main Page 1
... see how it works, try finding your own textbook in our list, and then seeing what it links to. (If there are no links yet, there will be soon ) http ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... . 无聊的时候可以做些什么？Wúliáo de shíhou kěyǐ zuò xiē shénme? What can you do when you're bored? 的时候 is also similar to using Simultaneous tasks with ...

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Indirect object
... in a sentence. The indirect object is for/to whom/what the action of the verb is done and who/what is receiving the direct object. In Chinese grammar ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... ("to hear"). But other times it's less clear what the -到 really means. Like the difference between ... 买到 or 做 and 做到. What -到 adds is a clearer message ...

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Expressing "half" with "ban"
... gè bàn xiǎoshían hour and a half The order is actually basically the same as what we do in English (we just don't have so many pesky measure words to ...

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Expressing "nothing but" with "wufei"
... but." People use 无非 to soften the meaning of what they're talking about, or to stress that what they're saying isn't serious or awesome. The end of ...

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Advanced uses of "ba"
... 他从来不把老板的话当回事。Tā cónglái bù bǎ lǎobǎn de huà dāng huíshì.He never takes what his boss says seriously. 你这个人总是太把自己当回事了。Nǐ zhè ge rén ...

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Expressing "as a result" with "jieguo"
... is no cause-effect relationship between what comes before and after 结果 ... the sentence usually emphasizes that what actually happened was unexpected or ...

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Advanced uses of "bei"
... 吸引了。He got deeply attracted by her beauty. 他做的事情经常不被家人所理解。What he does is often not understood by his family. 这种政策是不被人们所接受的。This ...

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Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong"
... this trip. 从这杯水中你能看到什么？Cóng zhè bēi shuǐ zhōng nǐ néng kāndào shénme?What do you see in this glass of water? 从这次的比赛中我收获了友谊。Cóng ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... usage of 看起来, and with the help of 像, we can explicitly state what the object looks like. Structure Subj. + 看起来 + 像 ⋯⋯ Examples 你姐姐 ...

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Using the "suo" structure
... 所字句 (suǒzìjù) in Chinese, are common in formal Chinese. Part of what makes them confusing is that the 所 frequently feels superfluous, and yet this ...

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Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu..."
... the pattern 再不…… 就…… (zàibù... jiù...) Structure (Subj. +) 再不 …… 就 ……（了） What comes right after 再不 is the action that needs to be taken ''now'' ...

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Asking where someone is from
... should be a simple question. This page will break it all down for you. First, some examples: What you are 你是哪里人？你是哪里的？ Where you from 你从哪里来 ...

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Main Page
... Textbooks '''try finding your own textbook in our list''' , and then seeing what it links to. Reference:Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd ...

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Conjunction
AKA 连词 (liáncí) Conjunctions in Chinese do exactly what they do in English: connect things. They help make the transition between ideas smoother ...

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Alternative existential sentences
... just limited to 在 (zài) and 有 (yǒu). The word order may be a little different from what you are used to, but 着 (zhe) and 是 (shì) are also ways to make ...

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Aspect
... does not use the concept of formal tenses. Instead, it employs what is called " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect grammatical aspect ...

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Reference:New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2)
... 或状态的持续 The continuous aspect of an action or a state Bei sentence What they are "被" 字句 The "被" sentence Complements with "dao", "gei ...

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