Chinese Final - Sentence Structures

Fortunately (action X occurred), otherwise (consequence Y would happen)

 幸亏...要不然... (xìng kuī...yào bù rán...)

do more/less  of something

do something early/late

多/少 (duō/shǎo)

早/晚 (zǎo/wǎn)

Originally...later on…therefore…

本来…后来...所以... (běn lái…hòu lái…suǒ yǐ…)

have to; no alternative. Indicates accepting a non-ideal option

只好 (zhǐ hǎo)

Didn’t/hasn’t at all

Does not at all

Is not at all

一点儿都没 (yì diǎnr dōu méi)

一点儿都不 (yì diǎnr dōu bù)

It may be…, but it is… (We use this pattern to acknowledge something good or bad in the first part, but follow up with what our actual opinion of it is)

…是...，可是... (…shì…, kèshì…)

More than

Number+MW+多

not ever having the experience of doing something- but it might happen in the future

从来没有 cóng lái méi yǒu

not ever having the experience of doing something- but is not open to the idea of doing whatever the topic of discussion is.

从来不 cóng lái bù

the more...the more...

越 yuè(Verb/Adj) 越 yuè(Verb/Adj)

More (adjective) by the (day, year, month, (any timeframe))

Subject 一+MW 比 一+MW Adj

Not only...furthermore (Not only...but...as well)

不但...而且...

To go/come to a place to do something

到+location+(来/去)+Verb(Object)

Subject+把+Object+Verb+Complement

A sentence pattern that describes the result of an action on an object

A is as (adjective) as Z

A跟Z(不)一样+ADJ