LEARN + CHINESE / 132 of 300 HSK 4
From 自
自去年以来，你每个月都去探索一个新街区. 自……以来 carries the story from a starting point up to now; 由……组成 tells what something is made of. For a comparison that rises step by step, 一+measure word+比+一+measure word gives a pattern like 一个比一个高.
他们自1989年以来一直在这里。
tāmen zì 1989 nián yǐlái yīzhí zài zhèlǐ。
They have been here since 1989.
这是有记录以来最热的一年。
zhè shì yǒu jìlù yǐlái zuì rè de yì nián。
This is the hottest year on record.
他们组成了一个队。
tāmen zǔchéng le yí ge duì。
They formed a team.
一是我的。
yī shì wǒ de。
Number one is mine.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
yī | one |
bǐ | compared to; than |
zì | from; since |
yǐlái | since |
yóu | by; from |
zǔchéng | to form; compose |
tāmen | they (male/mixed) |
yīzhí | straight; continuously |
jìlù | record; to record |
zhèlǐ | here |
gòuchéng | to constitute; form |
gòuzào | structure; construction |
èr | two |
yè | page |
běi | north |
dìdiǎn | location; point |
dōng | east |
kèwén | text (of a lesson) |
máo | 1/10 of a yuan |
nán | south |
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