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  • 1 Adjectives
    • 1.1 Indicating the whole with "quan"
    • 1.2 Negative adjectives with "-si le"

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  • 2 Adverbs
    • 2.1 Approximations with "chabuduo"
    • 2.2 Assessing situations with "kanlai"
    • 2.3 Coincidence with "zhenghao"
    • 2.4 Declaring the only option with "zhihao"
    • 2.5 Emphasizing negation with "you"
    • 2.6 Emphatic adverb "ke"
    • 2.7 Expressing "all along" with "yuanlai"
    • 2.8 Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
    • 2.9 Expressing "always" with "conglai"
    • 2.10 Expressing "as a result" with "jieguo"
    • 2.11 Expressing "enough" with "gou"
    • 2.12 Expressing "even" with "shenzhi"
    • 2.13 Expressing "had better" with "haishi"
    • 2.14 Expressing "had better" with "zuihao"
    • 2.15 Expressing "have to" with "budebu"
    • 2.16 Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
    • 2.17 Expressing "in the end" with "jiujing"
    • 2.18 Expressing "just" with "gang"
    • 2.19 Expressing "one by one" with "yi"
    • 2.20 Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
    • 2.21 Expressing "small quantity" with "jiu"
    • 2.22 Expressing "to make certain" with "qianwan"
    • 2.23 Expressing concern with "kongpa"
    • 2.24 Expressing the unexpected with "jingran"
    • 2.25 Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
    • 2.26 Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
    • 2.27 Using "ye" and "dou" together

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  • 3 Adverbs with Adjectives
    • 3.1 Expressing "quite" with "ting"

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  • 4 Auxiliary Words
    • 4.1 Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
    • 4.2 Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng"

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  • 5 Conjunctions
    • 5.1 A softer "but" with "buguo"
    • 5.2 Expressing "and then" with "yushi"
    • 5.3 Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"
    • 5.4 Expressing "in addition" with "lingwai"
    • 5.5 Expressing "in addition" with "zaishuo"
    • 5.6 Two words for "but"
    • 5.7 Using "er" to explain contrasting ideas
    • 5.8 Using "lai" to connect two verb phrases

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  • 6 Nouns
    • 6.1 Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong"

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  • 7 Numbers
    • 7.1 Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"

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  • 8 Particles
    • 8.1 Advanced yes-no questions with "ma"
    • 8.2 Reviewing options with "ba"
    • 8.3 Using "de" (modal particle)

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  • 9 Prepositions
    • 9.1 Expressing "along with…" with "suizhe"
    • 9.2 Idiomatic phrases with "zai"

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  • 10 Sentence Patterns
    • 10.1 Emphasizing a negation with "bing"

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  • 11 Sentence patterns
    • 11.1 Using "yi... wei..."

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  • 12 Verbs
    • 12.1 Causative verbs
    • 12.2 Expressing "it depends" with "kan"
    • 12.3 Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"
    • 12.4 Expressing "lies in" with "zaiyu"
    • 12.5 Expressing "mistakenly think that" with "yiwei"
    • 12.6 Expressing "through" with "tongguo"
    • 12.7 Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"
    • 12.8 Using "lai" as a dummy verb

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  • 13 Auxiliary verbs
    • 13.1 Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"
    • 13.2 Expressing "must" with "dei"

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  • 14 Verb phrases
    • 14.1 Combining verbs with "bing"
    • 14.2 Doing something less with "shao"
    • 14.3 Doing something more with "duo"
    • 14.4 Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
    • 14.5 Expressing "moreover" with "bingqie"
    • 14.6 Expressing "never" with "conglai"
    • 14.7 Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
    • 14.8 Expressing "until" with "dao"
    • 14.9 Indicating negative impact with "haide"
    • 14.10 Separable verb
    • 14.11 Using "zhe" when "verbing away"

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  • 15 "But" Statements
    • 15.1 Expressing "although" with "jinguan"
    • 15.2 Expressing contrariness with "dao"
    • 15.3 The "however" adverb "que"

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  • 16 "Even If" Statements
    • 16.1 Expressing "even if…" with "jishi"

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  • 17 "If" Statements
    • 17.1 Expressing "if… then…" with "yaoshi"

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  • 18 "No Matter" Statements
    • 18.1 Expressing "no matter" with "buguan"
    • 18.2 Expressing "no matter" with "wulun"

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  • 19 Cause/Effect Statements
    • 19.1 Expressing "due to…" with "youyu"
    • 19.2 Expressing "since" with "jiran"
    • 19.3 Expressing "therefore" with "yinci"

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  • 20 Complements
    • 20.1 Advanced uses of direction complement "-qilai"
    • 20.2 Direction complement
    • 20.3 Direction complement "-qilai"
    • 20.4 Potential complement

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  • 21 Conditional Statements
    • 21.1 Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao"
    • 21.2 Expressing "unless" with "chufei"

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  • 22 Noun Phrases
    • 22.1 Expressing "all" with "suoyou"
    • 22.2 Expressing "one of" with "zhiyi"
    • 22.3 Expressing "the other" with "lingwai"

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  • 23 Sentence Patterns
    • 23.1 Advanced uses of "lian"
    • 23.2 Explaining purpose with "wei... er..."
    • 23.3 Expressing "any" with "renhe"
    • 23.4 Expressing "both… and…" with "ji...you"
    • 23.5 Expressing location with "zai... shang / xia / li"

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  • 24 Basic/Simple Sentence Patterns
    • 24.1 Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
    • 24.2 Expressing "every" with question words
    • 24.3 Expressing "multiples" with "bei"
    • 24.4 Expressing "not at all" with "yidianr ye bu"
    • 24.5 Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
    • 24.6 Phrases using "laishuo"

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  • 25 Complex Sentence Patterns
    • 25.1 Conceding a point with "shi"
    • 25.2 Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."
    • 25.3 Expressing various aspects with "yi fangmian"

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  • 26 Not only… but also…
    • 26.1 Many types of "not only... but also..."

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  • 27 Comparing similar adverbs
    • 27.1 Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
    • 27.2 Comparing "changchang" and "wangwang"
    • 27.3 Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"

    Comparing similar adverbs →

  • 28 Comparing similar prepositions
    • 28.1 Comparing "guanyu" and "duiyu"
    • 28.2 Comparing "li" and "cong"

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  • 29 Comparing similar separate functions
    • 29.1 Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan"
    • 29.2 Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding"
    • 29.3 Comparing "shihe" and "heshi"

    Comparing similar separate functions →

  • 30 Comparing similar time words
    • 30.1 Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"

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