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夸父逐日

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Grammar Points

得 + result complementDegree complement with 得HSK 4

Used to describe the degree or result of an action. Structure: Verb + 得 + complement describing how the action was done or its result.

"火红的太阳烤得夸父嗓子像冒了烟似的"

"他口渴得恨不得马上找到水"

可是/可Adversative conjunction 'but'HSK 3

Introduces a contrasting or unexpected situation. 可是 and 可 both mean 'but/however' and connect two clauses with contrasting meanings.

"夸父是个很了不起的英雄,可是他有些不自量力"

"夸父一口气喝干了黄河水,可他觉得还没解渴"

于是Consequential connector 'thereupon'HSK 4

Indicates a natural consequence or subsequent action. Means 'so/therefore/then' and shows what happened as a result of the previous situation.

"可他觉得还没解渴,于是又跑到渭河边"

"可还觉得口渴难忍,于是他打算到北方的大湖泽去喝水"

用以/用来Purpose marker 'used to'HSK 5

Expresses purpose or function. 用以 (formal) and 用来 mean 'used to/in order to' and indicate the purpose of an action or thing.

"这句成语后来用以比喻人的不自量力"

"也用来比喻人矢志不移、努力不懈、顽强拼搏"

还没...就...Premature occurrence patternHSK 4

Indicates something happened before expected or before another action was completed. Structure: 还没 + action A + 就 + action B (B happened before A was finished).

"还没走到北方,夸父就渴死在半路上了"

Key Vocabulary

deHSK1

(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

HSK1
太阳tài yángHSK3

sun

夸父kuā fù
leHSK1

(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

dàoHSK1

(verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)

háiHSK1

fairly

HSK1

to be apart from in space or time

时候shí hòuHSK1

length of time

méiHSK1

not

deHSK2
于是yú shìHSK4

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

渭河wèi hé
北方běi fāngHSK3

the northern part a country

zhuīHSK5

posthumously

biānHSK1

suffix of a noun of locality

HSK3

(particle used for emphasis) certainly; very

不自量力bù zì liàng lì
shuǐHSK1

(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy

黄河huáng hé
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