Paul学汉语是为了来中国做生意。(Paul xue han yu shi wei le lai zhong guo zuo sheng yi.)"为了" is often used in the first clause of a compound sentence to indicate the aim, the second clause indicates the action taken to achieve the aim,...

他没有学过汉语，可是口语很好。(ta mei you xue guo han yu, ke shi kou yu hen hao.)“可是” is a conjunction expressing transition. It's used between two clauses,...

我要一边听歌，一边学汉语。(wo yao yi bian ting ge, yi bian xue han yu.)In Chinese, two "一边"  are often used in conjunction to indicate doing two or more actions at the same time,...

我要先在这儿学习半年，然后在中国工作。（wo yao xian zai zhe er xue xi ban nian, ran hou zai zhong guo gong zuo.）In Chinese, the adverb "先" is often used before the adverb "然后", to indicate the sequence of two events. The frist clause expresses the action that has...

是公司派我来学习的。 (shi gong si pai wo lai xue xi de.)"是……的" emphasizes the time, the place, the way of doing something, or the agent who does it. What is emphasized must be something that has already taken place, e.g:他是(今年3月)到北京的。...

Yao,  Shun, and Yu were three sage kings of China' remote past.  For thousands of years after,  court officials would yearn for yet never get to serve monarchs such as them. As we know very little about them from legend, we can only speculate that they were probably tribal chieftains during the...

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