HSK 5 Grammar 23: Let alone…
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This frame covers 别说 …… ，就是 / 连 …… 也 / 都 ……. The characters 别说 look like "don't say", but here they mean "forget" or "never mind". 别说 A，就是 / 连 B 也 / 都 … sets a bigger or harder case aside, then says that even a smaller or easier case fails. A is pushed out of the way. B is what really fails, and that failure shows that A is impossible too. The order runs from big to small. The handout gives the full form, meaning, boundary and examples.
This frame covers 连 …… 都 / 也 …… ，更不用说 …… 了. 连 A 都 / 也 …，更不用说 B 了 starts from the smaller case and moves to the greater one. Even A fails, is missing, or is already too much. B lies further on the same scale, so B is even less worth mentioning. English says "even A, let alone B" or "much less B". The order runs from small to big, the opposite of 别说. The handout gives the full form, meaning, boundary and examples.
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