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Sentence types › Complex sentences › Progressive clauses
甚至 introduces a further point that is more striking, extreme, or unexpected than the information before it. Learn where to place it and how to distinguish this pattern from other ways of adding information.
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Use 不仅/不光……还/而且…… to present one fact and then add another relevant fact that strengthens or expands the statement. Learn the clause pattern, natural placement, and useful contrasts.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Progressive clauses
并且 links two clauses when the second adds another relevant point to the first. Learn how to form the pattern, when the added point feels like a continuation or development, and how it differs from simple listing or a stronger emphasis.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Progressive clauses
This pattern presents one case as surprising, difficult, or unlikely, then adds a second case that strengthens the point. Learn where 连, 也/都, and 更 go, and how context shapes the comparison.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Alternative clauses
The paired pattern 不是……，就是…… links two alternatives. Depending on context, it can suggest that one of two possibilities is likely, that a repeated choice alternates, or that the alternatives cover the relevant possibilities.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Adversative clauses
Use 尽管……，但是/可是…… when one fact might lead someone to expect a certain result, but a different result is stated. Learn the two-part structure, compare its linking words, and see how it works in natural statements.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Adversative clauses
然而 connects two clauses when the second presents a result, fact, or situation that contrasts with what the first leads us to expect. Learn where it appears, how to punctuate it, and when a simple contrast is not enough.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Adversative clauses
不过 connects a statement with a qualification or contrast. Learn how to form the pattern, choose a context, and distinguish it from the neighboring pattern 然而.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Adversative clauses
This HSK 4 pattern first grants or acknowledges a point, then adds a limitation, drawback, or reservation. Learn how the repeated element works and how 就是 and 不过 differ in tone.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Hypothetical clauses
否则 introduces the consequence that may follow if the preceding condition or instruction is not met. Learn how to connect the two clauses, choose a natural result, and distinguish this pattern from an explicit 要是……就…… conditional.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Hypothetical clauses
Use 要是……，就…… to present a possible or imagined condition and say what follows if it is true. Learn the clause order, when 就 may be omitted, and how this pattern differs from an open question or a general rule.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Hypothetical clauses
This HSK 4 pattern links a possible condition to an expected result, then uses 否则 to warn what may happen if the condition or recommended action is not met. Learn its form, when 就 may be omitted, and how it differs from the shorter pattern …
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