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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 都 + Predicate
In its simplest terms, 都 (dōu) means "all", but there are also many other advanced uses for it.
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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 进一步 + V.
This article is a stub. Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it.进一步, is an adverb meaning 'further' or to 'go a step forward'. Usually it is used in formal written Chinese, t
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Chinese Grammar-- Simple Sentences 简单句
We have already a basic knowledge of Chinese Grammar. Today, we are going to learn about the simple sentences. 我们对汉语语法已经有一个基本的了解,今天就让我们来学习简单句吧!
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Chinese Grammar learning: 再三 + V
再三(zài sān) or means "repeatedly" or "time and again", and can be placed before or after a verb.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 可 + Adj (+ 了)
可 is generally used by Northern speakers and is informal, generally only used in spoken Chinese.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 毕竟
毕竟 (bìjìng) can be used to emphasize a reason or characteristic, and is like "after all" where you might say, "he is after all, only a child." 毕竟 is used both in spoken and written Chinese.
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Chinese phrase translation: 免得 (shěng de) so as to avoid
"省得(shěng de)" means to avoid something from happening. Normally the thing here indicates to either a bad incident or something unnecessary.
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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 差点没 + Verb
Logically, 差点没 is not that different from 差点. In fact, you shouldn't think of it as a single word; think of the 没 as belonging to what follows 差点 and it makes more sense. Still, it can be
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Chinese phrase translation: 下载 (xiàzài) download
"下载(xiàzài)" means getting information or documents from internet or other computers, and save them in the local computer.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 反正
Using 反正 (fǎnzhèng) can be a bit addictive as it is seemingly possible to throw in everywhere.
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Chinese phrase translation: 靠谱 (kào pǔ) trustworthy
"靠谱(kào pǔ)" means someone or something is practical and trustworthy.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 总 + media + Verb
总 (zǒng) can often be simply translated as "always," but it has other advanced uses as well. It can express "no matter how long or under what circumstances, facts are facts."
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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 进一步 + V.
进一步, is an adverb meaning 'further' or to 'go a step forward'. Usually it is used in formal written Chinese, though it can be spoken as well.
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Chinese phrase translation: 暗恋 (ànliàn) to fall in love with someone secretly
"暗恋(ànliàn)" means someone is attracted to another one or has a crush on him/her, but hasn't confess her/his love. However, normally, the other part doesn't feel the same way.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 看来 + judgment to the situation
看来 can be translated as "apparently" or "it seems" and is used by the speaker to introduce his understanding of a situation.
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Chinese Grammar learning: Adjective + 得 很
The complement 得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. It is similar to adding 很 before the adjective,the main difference being that adjective + 得很 is more informal, and adds
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Chinese Grammar learning: 就是
就是 (jiùshì) can be used to add many different types of emphasis.It can be used in the following ways:
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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 一向 + Habit/Attitude/etc.
一向 (yī xiàng) is generally used to express a habit, attitude, or ‘set way of things' has continued for a long period of time until the present.
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Grammar-- Numeral-Measure Word Phrases 量词
When we describle something in English, we can count a lot of classifiers, like a cup of, a piece of, an article of, etc. So how about Chinese? 我们用英语形容一件物品时,可以用“一杯,一片,一件
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Sentence Structure- the Predicate 句子成分-谓语
We all know that sentences are the smallest units in language that can express at idea. It is the first step to write an essay. 我们都知道句子是语言最小的单位元素,它可以独立的表达思想观点,这是