除了 … 都 / 还 (except / besides)

"Apart from…" — two meanings

• besides除了chú le can exclude ("except") or add ("besides").
• all / both都dōu → "except"; still / also还hái / also也yě → "in addition".
• The second word decides which.

besides除了chú le … ，… all / both都dōu … (except)

• With all / both都dōu, besides除了chú le means "except / apart from".

except除了chú lehim他tā，everyone大家dà jiāall都dōucome来lái了le。

• besides除了chú lehe / him他tā，everyone大家dà jiāall / both都dōuto come来lái(completed / change)了le = "everyone came except him."

besides除了chú le … ，… still / also还hái / also也yě … (in addition)

• With still / also还hái / also也yě, besides除了chú le means "besides / in addition to".

besides除了chú leChinese中文Zhōng wén，he他tāalso还háican会huìEnglish英文Yīng wén。

• besides除了chú leChinese language中文zhōng wén，he / him他tāstill / also还háican / will会huìEnglish (language)英文yīng wén = "besides Chinese, he also knows English."

Recap

Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Complex sentence patterns.