LEARN + CHINESE / 190 of 300 HSK 5
Leave the Obvious Unsaid例 · 我没有读过他的小说
Without the team’s practice, there would be no performance. 没有……就没有…… makes the result depend on a necessary condition. 再……也…… means “no matter how…,” often showing that even a great effort or an extreme case won’t change the outcome.
我没有读过他的小说，我哥哥也没有。
wǒ méiyǒu dú guò tā de xiǎoshuō， wǒ gēge yě méiyǒu。
I haven't read his novel, and my brother hasn't either.
我不知道他什么时候会再来的。
wǒ bù zhīdào tā shénme shíhou huì zài lái de。
I don't know when he'll come again.
我也不是。
wǒ yě bùshì。
Nor am I.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
méiyǒu | not have |
zài | again |
yě | also; too |
bùzhī | not know; unaware |
shénme | what |
gēge | older brother |
xiǎoshuō | novel; fiction |
shíhou | time; moment |
zhīdào | to know |
zǔzhī | to organize; organization |
shōudào | to receive (result) |
yǒurén | someone; there is someone |
lǎobǎn | boss |
lìyì | benefit; interest |
tóng | same; together; with |
bùyòng | no need to |
yībiān | one side; while |
kāijī | to turn on (phone/machine) |
ránhòu | then; afterwards |
bùdàn | not only |
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