Expressing "related to..." with "you guan de"

It is important to express one thing in relation to another, and the "与……有关的" (yǔ……yǒuguān de) structure accomplishes this by linking the subject before 与 (yǔ) and the one after 与 (yǔ) together by using 有关 (yǒuguān)

Structure

与 + topic/subj. + 有关的 + noun.

Examples

  • 我和他分手了, 有关的事情我都不想知道. Wǒ hé tā fēnshǒu le, yǒuguān de shìqíng wǒ dū bùxiǎng zhīdào.We broke up, I don't want to know anything related to him.
  • 他对中国很感兴趣, 中国有关的故事他都很感兴趣. Tā duì Zhōngguó hěn gǎn xìngqù, Zhōngguó yǒuguān de gùshì tā dōu hěn gǎn xìngqù. He is very interested in China, he is interested in anything related to Chinese history.
  • 这个项目有关的资料都需要保密. Yǔ /em> zhège xiàngmù yǒuguān de zīliào dōu xūyào bǎomì.Any information related to this project needs to be kept confidential.

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK5