通过 … 使 … (by …, bring about …)
IntroducedGive the method a real subject
- A team improves its pronunciation through repeated practice.
- we我们through通过repeatedly反复to practice练习，cause使to pronounce发音more (than sth else)更加standard标准。 — we我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- through通过 … cause使 … (by …, bring about …): 这次to cultivate培训cause使everyone大家to grasp (often fig.)掌握(completed / change)了新技能。; we我们through通过to discuss讨论，cause使question问题to become变得more更clear清楚(completed / change)了。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
A team improves its pronunciation through repeated practice. What does 我们通过反复练习，使发音更加标准。 communicate?
我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation. Avoid a subjectless sentence when the agent matters. 通过反复练习，发音更加标准了 is also natural; do not stack 通过 and 使 so that no clear subject remains in formal writing.
Follow the speaker
we我们through通过exercise锻炼，cause使body身体more更healthy健康。
- In the opening situation: we我们through通过repeatedly反复to practice练习，cause使to pronounce发音more (than sth else)更加standard标准。
- we我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation.
Through practice, we make pronunciation more standard: 我们通过练习，____ 发音更加标准。
我们 is the clear subject; 通过练习 names the method and 使发音更加标准 gives the caused change.
In 我们通过练习，使发音更加标准, 使 introduces the caused change.
Practice is the method; more standard pronunciation is the outcome. Keep an explicit subject when the agent matters.
Check the limit of the explanation
- Avoid a subjectless sentence when the agent matters.
- through通过repeatedly反复to practice练习，to pronounce发音more (than sth else)更加standard标准(completed / change)了 is also natural; do not stack through通过 and cause使 so that no clear subject remains in formal writing.
通过 identifies the method and 使 introduces the change it causes.
Avoid a subjectless sentence when the agent matters. 通过反复练习，发音更加标准了 is also natural; do not stack 通过 and 使 so that no clear subject remains in formal writing. 我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form through通过cause使repeatedly反复to practice练习we我们to pronounce发音more更standard标准 needs repair here. Write we我们through通过repeatedly反复to practice练习，cause使to pronounce发音more更standard标准 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Rewrite the demonstrated repair exactly: 通过使反复练习我们发音更标准
The demonstrated form is 我们通过反复练习，使发音更标准. 我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation.
Keep the distinction
- we我们 carries out the practice, which improves pronunciation. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- Avoid a subjectless sentence when the agent matters. through通过repeatedly反复to practice练习，to pronounce发音more (than sth else)更加standard标准(completed / change)了 is also natural; do not stack through通过 and cause使 so that no clear subject remains in formal writing.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Sentence patterns.
In this pattern, 通过 marks the … and 使 marks the …
通过 = the method; 使 = the change it brings about.
A team improves its pronunciation through repeated practice. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.