Reference:The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries (2nd ed.)

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries (2nd ed.) is authored by Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Hsin-Hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao, Julian K. Wheatley.

Grammar Points by Table of Contents

1. Unit One: Popular Culture
   1. Lesson 1: Online dating
      1. 随着...〔的发展 / 变化 / 改变 / 进步...〕“in conjunction with . . . [some kind of change]”
      2. 之
      3. 因此 “for this reason”
      4. V-起来
      5. 或A或B “either A or B”
      6. 持〔保守 / 严肃 / 欢迎的态度〕“hold/have [a certain kind of view, etc.]”
      7. 当... 时 “when . . .”
      8. 因为... 而… “because . . .”
      9. 反正 “anyway”
      10. 尽管... 然而… “although . . .”
      11. 凡是…都… “every . . . , any . . . , all . . .”
   2. Lesson 2: Brand-name fever
      1. 不外乎 “be nothing but . . . , be just for . . .”
      2. 所 “that [which]”
      3. 至于 and 以至于
      4. 对... 来说“speaking of . . . , for . . . , to . . .”
      5. ... 便... “. . . and then . . .”
      6. A 把B视为C “for A to view or regard B as C”
      7. 具有... “possess . . . , have . . .”
      8. …之所以… “the reason that . . .”
      9. -者 “-er, -ist, a person who . . .”
      10. 以
      11. …与…成正比 “be directly proportional to . . . , correspond to . . .” …与…成反比 “be inversely proportional to . . . , not correspond to . . .”
      12. 一旦 “once, if one day, were [a certain situation to be], now that”
      13. 及 “and”
      14. 固然... 但是... “granted that . . . but . . .”
      15. 既... 也/又... “not only . . . but also . . .”
   3. Lesson 3: Television dramas and popular culture
      1. 以A的手法+V “adopt the strategy/technique/ploy [in order to]”
      2. 上自... 下至... 都... “from . . . (all the way) to . . .”
      3. 为了... 而... “[do something] in order to . . .”
      4. A与B产生共鸣 “A strikes a [sympathetic] chord with B, A resonates with B”
      5. A为B打抱不平 “A defends B against an injustice”
      6. 唯一 “the sole, the only”
      7. 仅仅... 而已 “nothing more than . . . , [and] that is all . . .”
      8. 即使... 也... “even . . . , even if . . . , even though . . .”
2. Unit Two: Social Change
   1. Lesson 4: The city of Yiwu in Zhejiang: A miracle of Chinese regional economic development
      1. 靠…起家 “found a family fortune by . . . , start an enterprise by . . .”
      2. 用A换取B “exchange [or barter] A for B”
      3. 加以+ two-syllable verb
      4. 来自... “come from . . .”
      5. 由... 而... “from . . . to . . .”
      6. 便于 “so as to allow, make it easier for”
      7. (如果)... 的话, 那... “if . . . , (then) . . .”
   2. Lesson 5: Floating population
      1. 一群群，一个个，一辆辆，etc. “lots and lots of, each and every one”
      2. 截至 [+specified time] “at, by [time]”
      3. 为 / 给 / 对... 带来...〔挑战 / 冲击 /...〕“create challenges for/clash with/ . . .”
      4. 由于... 以至于... “due to, on account of, because of . . . [the result is . . . ]”
      5. ... 以... “. . . in order to . . .”
      6. 对... 产生了（极大 / 正面 / 很坏）的影响 “have a (major/positive/negative) influence on . . . , influence . . . (in a major/positive/negative way)”
      7. A... B 则... “A . . . whereas B . . .”
      8. 既A又B “not only A, but also B, both A and B, on the one hand A and on the other hand B”
   3. Lesson 6: Changing views of marriage
      1. 也就是说 “that is to say, i.e.”
      2. 由... 做主；由... 撮合 “decided by . . . , matched together by . . .”
      3. V1 而 V2
      4. 一直要 等到... 才... “have to wait until . . .”
      5. 有/没有... 的余地 “have/not to have [some] room/leeway/play/margin for . . .”
      6. ... 更加... 的是，... “what is (even) more . . . is . . .”
      7. A出于B “for A to stem from B, for A to come from/out of B”
      8. 受到惩处 “be punished”
      9. ... 得以... “so as to make it possible to . . . , so that . . . can”
      10. 以... 为基础 “be based on . . .”
      11. 随之而来的是X “along with it comes X, it goes hand in hand with X, at the same time comes X, right afterwards comes X”
      12. A仅次于B “A is second only to B, A is immediately followed by B”
      13. 哪儿有... 的？！ “Where can you find . . . ?, i.e. There are no . . . !”
      14. 一 + V再 + V “do something again and again”
      15. 一 + V 就是 + number “before you know it, [he]’s . . .”
      16. 其
      17. 以... 的身份 “in a . . . capacity, qua . . .”
      18. 有的...，有的则... “some . . . , whereas/while others . . .”
      19. 只要... 就算了 “as long as . . . [they] don’t care, all that matters is . . .”
3. Unit Three: Cultural Traditions
   1. Lesson 7: Chinese food culture
      1. 最... 的事 莫过于... “there’s nothing more . . . than . . . , nothing beats . . .”
      2. A源自于B “B is the source of A, A has its origin in B”
      3. 随... 而变 “change according to . . . , depend on . . .”
      4. 且不说... 就是... 也... “not to mention . . . even . . . , leaving aside . . . even . . . , even . . . to say nothing of . . .”
      5. 具有... 的功能 “serve as . . . , perform the function of . . .”
      6. V+ 不得 “should not V”
      7. 有待 +V “needs further . . . , pending further . . .”
   2. Lesson 8: Confucianism in modern China
      1. 从... 入手 “start with/by . . . , begin with/by . . . , proceed with/by . . . .”
      2. 不分 A（与）B “make no distinction between A and B”
      3. ... 而... “. . . and . . .”
      4. V+ 为 (wéi) “[V] as, be [V’d] as”
      5. 建立在... 的基础上 “be built on a foundation of . . . , to be based on . . .”
   3. Lesson 9: Chinese architecture in transition
      1. 以... 作为... “regard . . . as . . . , take . . . to be . . .”
      2. 过 + SV “excessively, too”
      3. ... 之所以... 的最大原因（就）在于... “the reason the/for . . . lies mainly [in the fact that . . .]”
      4. 以... 为主 “be the main thing, focus on”
      5. 所谓 A 就是 B “so-called A is B, A refers to B”
      6. 以... （来）命名 “name [something] after . . .”
      7. 不光是... 甚至... 也... “not only . . . but also . . .”
      8. A 与 B 迥异 “A is totally different from B”
      9. ... 被奉为... “be looked up to as . . . , be revered as . . .”
4. Unit Four: History and Politics
   1. Lesson 10: "Educated youth"
      1. 响应... 的号召 “respond to someone’s appeal/call for . . .”
      2. 正处于... 的时期/状态/情况 “(located) in a time/state/condition of . . .”
      3. 到了... 的边缘 “on the verge of, reach the verge of . . .”
      4. 名义上...，实际上... “. . . nominally . . . , in reality . . .”
      5. 通过... 的途径 “take the . . . route [in order to . . . ], do [something] by way of . . .”
      6. 扮演... 的角色 “play a role, take a part (in)”
      7. [[(正)赶上 “[just] happen to run into/encounter, (right) at the time when”]]
      8. A成了B的代名词 “A is synonymous with/is another name for B”
   2. Lesson 11: A start for democracy
      1. 为 (wéi) “be, become”
      2. 于
      3. A以B（而）出名 “A is famous for B”
      4. 当着... 的面 “. . . to [one]’s face, in [somebody]’s presence”
      5. 一一 “one by one, one after another”
      6. 则 “whereas, while, for [its] part”
   3. Lesson 12: Cross-Strait relations
      1. 倒 + V “on the contrary, contrary to the speaker’s prior expectation”
      2. 不需要... 更不需要...
      3. 只要... 就... 而且一再... 还... 甚至...
      4. 不但不/不但没有... 反而... “not only . . . but (on the contrary) . . .”
      5. ... 还不知道... 呢!
      6. 未免 “rather too, bound to [look like], inevitably”
      7. A不同于B “A is not the same as B”
      8. 以