HSK 4

全 + Noun (the whole / all of) Adj + 死了 (extremely …)

差不多 (almost / about the same) 看来 (it seems / in one's view) 正好 (just right / exactly) 只好 (have no choice but to) 又 + 不 / 没 (emphatic negation) 可 + Adj (emphatic) 原来 (so it turns out / all along) 差点 (almost / nearly) 从来 + 不 / 没 (never) 结果 (as a result / in the end) 够 (enough / sufficient) 甚至 (even / to the point that) 还是 + Verb (had better) 最好 (had best / it's best to) 不得不 (have no choice but to) 到底 (on earth / after all) 究竟 (exactly / on earth) 刚 + Verb (just did) 一 + MW + 一 + MW (one by one) 本来 (originally / at first) 就 (only / just — small quantity) 千万 (be sure to / whatever you do) 恐怕 (I'm afraid / probably) 竟然 (actually / unexpectedly) 难道 (rhetorical: don't tell me …?) 先 … ，再 … (first …, then …) 也都 (also all of them)

挺 + Adj + 的 (quite / rather)

Noun, Noun + 什么的 (…and so on) … 等 / 等等 (etc.)

不过 (a softer “but”) 于是 (thereupon / and so) 还有 (also / and / what's more) 另外 (besides / in addition) 再说 (besides / what's more) 可是 / 但是 (two words for “but”) 而 (whereas / and yet) 用 / 通过 … 来 … (by means of …) Reading links: reason, concession and paragraph flow Connect a paragraph without losing its meaning

其中 (among them / of which)

Fractions with 分之

Statement + 吗 (yes/no confirmation) … 吧，… ；… 吧，… (weighing options) Sentence-final 的 (modal: certainty)

随着 (as / along with) 在 … 上 (in terms of / regarding)

并 + 不 / 没 (emphatic denial) Recount an experience with a clear result

以 A 为 B (take A as B)

让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (causative) 要看 / 得看 (it depends on) 好像 (it seems / as if) 在于 (lies in / consists in) 以为 (mistakenly think) 通过 (through / by means of) 来自 (come from) 来 as a dummy verb (I'll do it)

不用 (don't need to) 得 (děi) (must / have to)

并 / 并且 (combining verbs: and) 少 + Verb (do less) 多 + Verb (do more) 由 + Person + Verb (done by) 并且 (moreover / and also) 从来 + 不 / 没 (never) 值得 + Verb (worth doing) Verb + 到 + Time / Event (until) 害得 (cause sb to suffer) Separable verbs (离合词) V 着 V 着 就 … 了 (while …-ing, suddenly)

尽管 … ，但是 … (although) 倒 (actually / on the contrary) 却 + Predicate (however / yet)

即使 … ，也 … (even if)

要是 … ，就 … (if — spoken)

不管 … ，都 / 也 … (no matter) 无论 / 不论 … ，都 / 也 … (regardless)

由于 (due to / owing to) 既然 … ，就 … (since / now that) 因此 (therefore / for this reason) Retell a short event and explain an opinion aloud

Verb + 起来 (in terms of doing it) Direction complement 来 / 去 (HSK 4) Verb / Adj + 起来 (start to …) Potential complement 得 / 不 (HSK 4) Writing with result, direction and manner complements

只要 … ，就 … (as long as) 除非 … ，才 … (only if / unless)

所有(的) + Noun (all) … 之一 (one of) 另外 + Number + MW + Noun (another)

连 … 都 … 不 / 没 (not even) 为 … 而 … (for the sake of) 任何 + Noun + 都 / 也 (any) 既 … 也 / 又 … (both … and …) 在 + Place + 上 / 下 / 里 / 旁边 (location)

连 … 都 / 也 (even) Question Word + 都 (every) A 是 B 的 N 倍 (N times) 一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 (not at all) 不知道 + embedded choice + 好 (unsure what is best) 对 … 来说 (for / as far as … is concerned)

Adj + 是 + Adj，但是 … (concede, then object) 一 … 就 … (as soon as / whenever) 一方面 … ，一方面 … (on one hand / on the other)

不但 / 不仅 … ，而且 / 还 / 也 … (not only … but also) Compare choices and explain an opinion

本来 vs 原来 (originally vs it turns out) 常常 vs 往往 (often vs tends to) 刚 vs 刚才 (adverb vs time-word)

关于 vs 对于 (about vs regarding) 离 vs 从 (gap from vs starting point)

反而 vs 相反 (instead vs on the contrary) 肯定 vs 确定 vs 一定 (sure / certain) 适合 vs 合适 (to suit vs suitable)

以后 vs 的时候 (after vs when) Write an eighty-character account of a trip