Difference between revisions of "Expressing "for…" with "eryan""
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*[[Limiting scope with "jiu"]] | *[[Limiting scope with "jiu"]] | ||
*[["With regards to" as "zhiyu"]] | *[["With regards to" as "zhiyu"]] | ||
Revision as of 04:17, 13 December 2017
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Keywords
对⋯⋯而言 (duì...ér yán) means "from the point of view of" and is more formal than 对⋯⋯来说.
Structure
对 + Party + 而言 ，⋯⋯
Examples
- 对 一个 民族 而言 ，团结 可以 战胜 一切 。For a people group, staying together can defeat everything else.
- 对 他 而言 ， 家庭 比 什么 都 重要 。According to him, family is more important than anything else.
- 对 80后 而言 ， 网恋 很 正常 。 For people born in the eighties, Internet dating is totally normal.
