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Stone bridges and stepping stones linking misty garden islands at dusk
Grammar

Conditions: 如果...就, 要是, 只要...就, 只有...才, 除非

沉浸 TeamJun 29, 2026
Stone bridges and stepping stones linking misty garden islands at dusk
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Addition and Stepping Up: 不但...而且, 并且, 而, 甚至

沉浸 TeamJun 29, 2026
Stone bridges and stepping stones linking misty garden islands at dusk
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Concession: 虽然...但是, 尽管, 不过

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Stone bridges and stepping stones linking misty garden islands at dusk
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Cause and Result: 因为...所以, 由于, 因此

沉浸 TeamJun 29, 2026
Stone bridges and stepping stones linking misty garden islands at dusk
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Linking Adverbs: 就, 才, 再, 又, 还, 也, and 都

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Marking Focus and Emphasis: 是, 就是, and Fronting

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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The "Even" Pattern: 连...都/也

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Existence at a Place: 有, 是, and 着 in Existential Sentences

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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The 是...的 Construction: Focusing on the When, Where, and How of a Past Action

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Growing and Extreme Comparisons: 越来越, 越...越, 比...多了

沉浸 TeamJun 29, 2026
Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Making Comparisons: 比, 没有, 跟...一样, 更, and 最

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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The 被 Passive, and Its Cousins 让, 叫, and 给

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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The 把 Construction: Doing Something to an Object

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Serial Verb Constructions: Stacking Verbs in One Clause

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Weiqi board mid-game in lamplight with tea, seen from above at an angle
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Coverbs (Prepositional Verbs): 在, 给, 跟, 对, 用, 向, 往, 从, 离, 为

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Saying How Often: Frequency with 次, 遍, and 下

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Saying How Long: Duration of an Action

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Complement of Degree and State: 得 Plus a Description (跑得很快)

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Potential Complements: 得 and 不 Inside a Complement (看得懂, 拿不动)

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Directional Complements: 来 and 去, and Compounds Like 起来, 下去, 出来

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Resultative Complements: A Verb Plus Its Result (看完, 听懂, 吃饱)

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Verb Reduplication: Softening an Action with 看看 and 试一试

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Telling 能, 会, and 可以 Apart

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Moon phases over a mountain river flowing past a water wheel at night
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Modal and Auxiliary Verbs: 会, 能, 可以, 要, 想, 愿意, 应该, 得 (děi), 必须

沉浸 TeamJun 29, 2026