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后来居上

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Grammar Points

虽然...但是...Concessive clauseHSK 4

Use this structure to admit one situation while introducing a contrasting outcome or attitude in the second clause.

"汉武帝虽然不太喜欢他,但又不得不尊重他。"

越...越...Comparative escalationHSK 4

Repeat 越 to compare two degrees: the first clause states a condition, the second shows how it intensifies.

"越是后来的就越放在上边呀!"

当...时Time clause – whenHSK 3

Use 当…时 to set the background time when another action happened.

"当汉武帝还是太子时,他的职位就比较高了。"

再也没有...Negative continuationHSK 4

Use 再也没有+verb to say something stopped happening and will not again.

"后来他再也没有得到升迁。"

像...一样Simile comparisonHSK 3

Use 像…and 一样 to compare one thing to another for vivid description.

"你任用大臣的办法,就像堆放柴禾一样。"

Key Vocabulary

deHSK1

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

HSK1
leHSK1

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

汉武帝hàn wǔ dì
shìHSK1

(adverb for emphatic assertion)

rénHSK1

person; people

后来hòu láiHSK3

afterwards; later

duìHSK1

towards; at; for

jiùHSK2

to undertake; to engage in

这句zhè jù
超过chāo guòHSK4

to surpass

àn
得到dé dàoHSK3

to get; to obtain; to receive

成语chéng yǔHSK6

CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]

后来者居上hòu lái zhě jū shàng
zàiHSK1

to exist; to be alive

大臣dà chénHSK6

chancellor (of a monarchy)

dànHSK2

merely; only; just

HSK1

(literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

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