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夸父逐日

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Grammar Points

得 + result complementDegree complement with 得HSK 4

Used to describe the degree or result of an action. Structure: Verb + 得 + complement describing how the action was done or its result.

"火红的太阳烤得夸父嗓子像冒了烟似的"

"他口渴得恨不得马上找到水"

可是/可Adversative conjunction 'but'HSK 3

Introduces a contrasting or unexpected situation. 可是 and 可 both mean 'but/however' and connect two clauses with contrasting meanings.

"夸父是个很了不起的英雄,可是他有些不自量力"

"夸父一口气喝干了黄河水,可他觉得还没解渴"

于是Consequential connector 'thereupon'HSK 4

Indicates a natural consequence or subsequent action. Means 'so/therefore/then' and shows what happened as a result of the previous situation.

"可他觉得还没解渴,于是又跑到渭河边"

"可还觉得口渴难忍,于是他打算到北方的大湖泽去喝水"

用以/用来Purpose marker 'used to'HSK 5

Expresses purpose or function. 用以 (formal) and 用来 mean 'used to/in order to' and indicate the purpose of an action or thing.

"这句成语后来用以比喻人的不自量力"

"也用来比喻人矢志不移、努力不懈、顽强拼搏"

还没...就...Premature occurrence patternHSK 4

Indicates something happened before expected or before another action was completed. Structure: 还没 + action A + 就 + action B (B happened before A was finished).

"还没走到北方,夸父就渴死在半路上了"

Key Vocabulary

deHSK1

(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)

HSK1
夸父kuā fù
太阳tài yángHSK3

temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])

leHSK1

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

dàoHSK1

to leave for; to go to

HSK1

(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth

háiHSK1

even

méiHSK1

not

deHSK2

to allow

于是yú shìHSK4

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

渭河wèi hé
比喻bǐ yùHSK5

analogy

rénHSK1

CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

biānHSK1

CL:個|个[ge4]

时候shí hòuHSK1

time

zhuīHSK5

to sculpt

北方běi fāngHSK3

the northern part a country

shuǐHSK1

(bound form) additional cost; extra income

后来hòu láiHSK3

newly arrived

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