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Subjects
  • 1 Adjectives
    • 1.1 Adjectival complement "de budeliao"
    • 1.2 Adjectival complement "de hen"
    • 1.3 Expressing "a bit too"
    • 1.4 Saying "a lot" with "youdeshi"

    Adjectives →

  • 2 Adverbs
    • 2.1 Advanced uses of "dou"
    • 2.2 Advanced uses of "hai"
    • 2.3 Advanced uses of "zong"
    • 2.4 Expressing "after all" with "bijing"
    • 2.5 Expressing "almost" using "chadian mei"
    • 2.6 Expressing "anyway" with "fanzheng"
    • 2.7 Expressing "as much as possible" with "jinliang"
    • 2.8 Expressing "each other" with "huxiang"
    • 2.9 Expressing "feel free" with "jinguan"
    • 2.10 Expressing "just" do it with "gancui"
    • 2.11 Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
    • 2.12 Expressing "once" with "cengjing"
    • 2.13 Expressing "over and over again" with "zaisan"
    • 2.14 Expressing "simply" with "jianzhi"
    • 2.15 Expressing "while you're at it" with "shunbian"
    • 2.16 Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu..."
    • 2.17 Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
    • 2.18 Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
    • 2.19 Repeated actions in the past with "you"
    • 2.20 The opposite of "chabuduo" is "cha hen duo"

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  • 3 Auxiliary Words
    • 3.1 Listing things with "a"

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  • 4 Conjunctions
    • 4.1 Expressing "how about" with "yaobu"

    Conjunctions →

  • 5 Nouns
    • 5.1 Expressing "among" with "dangzhong"
    • 5.2 Expressing "each other" with "bici"
    • 5.3 Expressing "ever since" with "yilai"
    • 5.4 Expressing "when" using "dang"
    • 5.5 Name-calling with "zhege"

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  • 6 Particles
    • 6.1 Advanced "le" after an object
    • 6.2 Advanced "le" with complements
    • 6.3 Marking a topic with "ma"
    • 6.4 Softening the tone of questions with "ne"

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  • 7 Prepositional Phrase
    • 7.1 Defining upper and lower limits

    Prepositional Phrase →

  • 8 Prepositions
    • 8.1 Expressing "ever since" with "zicong"
    • 8.2 Expressing "for" with "wei"
    • 8.3 Expressing "for…" with "eryan"
    • 8.4 Expressing "including" with "zainei"
    • 8.5 Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
    • 8.6 Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
    • 8.7 Expressing passive voice with "gei"
    • 8.8 Limiting scope with "jiu"
    • 8.9 Opportune timing with "chen"

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  • 9 Sentence Patterns
    • 9.1 Expressing "if it were not for" with "yaobushi"
    • 9.2 Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
    • 9.3 Expressing "that's all" with "eryi"
    • 9.4 Using "jiang" as a formal "ba"

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  • 10 Verbs
    • 10.1 Challenging a verb with "shenme"
    • 10.2 Comparing specifically with "xiang"
    • 10.3 Comparisons with "biqi"
    • 10.4 Comparisons with "buru"
    • 10.5 Making "-ize" and "-ify" verbs with "hua"
    • 10.6 Making judgments with "suan"
    • 10.7 Using "nanguai" as a verb

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  • 11 Auxiliary verbs
    • 11.1 Expressing future with "jiang"

    Auxiliary verbs →

  • 12 Verb phrases
    • 12.1 Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian"
    • 12.2 Passive verbs with "shou"

    Verb phrases →

  • 13 "But" Statements
    • 13.1 Expressing "on the contrary" with "fan'er"

    "But" Statements →

  • 14 "Even If" Statements
    • 14.1 Expressing "even if…" with "jiushi"
    • 14.2 Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
    • 14.3 Expressing "even if…" with "napa"

    "Even If" Statements →

  • 15 "If" Statements
    • 15.1 Expressing "if… then…" with "jiaru"
    • 15.2 Expressing "what if" with "wanyi"
    • 15.3 Marking a topic with "de hua"

    "If" Statements →

  • 16 Adverbs with Adjectives
    • 16.1 Expressing "especially" with "gewai"

    Adverbs with Adjectives →

  • 17 Cause/Effect Statements
    • 17.1 Stating the effect before the cause

    Cause/Effect Statements →

  • 18 Complements
    • 18.1 Advanced degree complements
    • 18.2 Advanced potential complements
    • 18.3 Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
    • 18.4 Complement "-huai le"
    • 18.5 Complement "-zhao"
    • 18.6 Tricky uses of "dao"
    • 18.7 Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around"

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  • 19 Conditional Statements
    • 19.1 Expressing "once...then..." with "yidan...jiu..."

    Conditional Statements →

  • 20 Sentence Patterns
    • 20.1 Advanced uses of "ba"
    • 20.2 Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
    • 20.3 Conditions with "yao" and "jiu"
    • 20.4 Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao"
    • 20.5 Expressing "equal to" with "dengyu"
    • 20.6 Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong"
    • 20.7 Expressing "no" (noun) "to" (verb) with "wu... ke..."
    • 20.8 Expressing "not only..., even..." using "budan..., shenzhi lian"
    • 20.9 Expressing "related to..." with "you guan de"
    • 20.10 Expressing "so-called" with "suowei"
    • 20.11 Expressing "within" a period of time using "zai... nei"
    • 20.12 Expressing "would rather" with "ningke"
    • 20.13 Expressing indifference with "jiu"
    • 20.14 Expressing purpose with "hao"
    • 20.15 Expressing simultaneous actions with "yimian"
    • 20.16 Expressing the only two possibilities

    Sentence Patterns →

  • 21 Complex Sentence Patterns
    • 21.1 Expressing "no wonder"

    Complex Sentence Patterns →

  • 22 Either… or
    • 22.1 Providing two options with double "huozhe"

    Either… or →

  • 23 Let alone
    • 23.1 Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo"
    • 23.2 Expressing "let alone" with "geng buyong shuo"

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  • 24 Comparing similar adverbs
    • 24.1 Comparing "changchang" and "jingchang"

    Comparing similar adverbs →

  • 25 Comparing similar auxiliary words
    • 25.1 Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu"

    Comparing similar auxiliary words →

  • 26 Comparing similar conjunctions
    • 26.1 Comparing "gen" and "dui"

    Comparing similar conjunctions →

  • 27 Comparing similar prepositions
    • 27.1 Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
    • 27.2 Comparing "dui" and "duiyu"
    • 27.3 Comparing "duiyu" and "zhiyu"
    • 27.4 Comparing "gei" and "wei"

    Comparing similar prepositions →

  • 28 Comparing similar time words
    • 28.1 Comparing "pingshi" and "pingchang"
    • 28.2 Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou"

    Comparing similar time words →

  • 29 Comparing similar verbs
    • 29.1 Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
    • 29.2 Comparing "xiande" and "kanqilai"

    Comparing similar verbs →

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