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杯水车薪

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Grammar Points

有的...有的...Some...others...HSK 4

Used to describe different people or things doing different actions within the same group. Shows variety or contrast within a category.

"有的在喝茶,有的在乘凉"

把 + Object + VerbBa constructionHSK 4

The 把 structure places the object before the verb to emphasize the disposal or handling of something. Shows what happens to the object as a result of the action.

"他就把柴车停放在外面"

"赵大放下茶杯"

边...边...While doing...HSK 5

Indicates two actions happening simultaneously. Both actions are performed by the same subject at the same time.

"边喊边跑进茶馆"

不但...反而...Not only...but instead...HSK 5

Shows an unexpected contrast or opposite result. The second clause presents a result contrary to what was expected from the first clause.

"火不但没灭,反而燃烧得更猛烈了"

一...就...As soon as...HSK 4

Indicates that one action immediately follows another. Shows a quick sequence or immediate response between two events.

"一听赵大的叫喊声,也都忙着端起自己的茶杯"

Key Vocabulary

deHSK1

(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")

leHSK1

to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])

茶馆chá guǎn
赵大zhào dà
zàiHSK1

to exist; to be alive

车上chē shang
pǎoHSK2

(of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate

rénHSK1

person; people

外面wài miànHSK2

external appearance

茶杯chá bēi
自己zì jǐHSK2

one's own

wǎngHSK2

past

泼去pō qù
着火zháo huǒHSK4

to catch fire

一杯yī bēi
HSK6

(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc

yǒuHSK1

(bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

shàngHSK1
wánHSK2
柴草chái cǎo
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