In Chinese language, there are numerous words and phrases as well as some other language points that the students need to master if they want to improve Chinese language ability. For example, the structure 姑且不论A,B… is often seen in Chinese sentences. 姑且 is an adverb indicates to make a concession. It means that there is no need to talk about the complex thing A because you can get a conclusion from the obvious and simple thing B, implying the same conclusion also can be summarized according to A.
不论can be replaced by 不管、不谈、不看and不说. For example, 姑且不论你有没有道理,动手打人就是你的不对. In addition, another important pattern that the foreign students need to master when they study in online Chinese Lessons is 就…而言, which is to indicate to see or consider from certain aspect or viewpoint and then summarize a certain conclusion. Accordingly, you can make sentence like 就孩子而言,看电视并不是最好的娱乐方式.
Let’s move our attention to the Chinese word 另外, which is similar to besides or in addition. It is a conjunction to connect the sentences or passages have certain relation with each other, having the function of supplementing a topic or transfer to another relevant one. As a result, you can often see it appears at the very beginning of a sentence or a passage. For instance,今天的作业就是这些。另外,请大家不要忘记明天有听写.
When you attend to HSK preparation program in China, teachers would also teach you the important and frequently used word宁可, which is also an adverb. It is applied to choose the better one after making comparison between two conditions which are not ideal. There are three sentence patterns, 与其…宁可…, 宁可…也不… and 宁可…也要…. Let’s make an example for 宁可…也不… like 我宁可没有朋友,也不和这种人打交道.