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Use 由+agent+verb to show who carries out an action when the topic is the result rather than the doer, matching passive-style descriptions.
"朝廷里的大事都由霍光决定。"
由于 introduces a reason; the following clause gives the consequence or state caused by that reason.
"由于霍光地位高、权力大，汉宣帝也很怕他。"
因此 summarizes the reason just given and 就 introduces the action taken as a direct result.
"他不干正事，霍光因此极为不满，就把他废掉了。"
与…同+verb expresses doing something together with another person or thing.
"霍光陪同，与宣帝同乘一辆车。"
如同…一样 compares two situations to say something feels similar to a familiar image.
"宣帝感到如同有细小的芒刺扎在背上一样不舒服。"
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
to finish
to be (followed by substantives only)
to take part in
to be used for
(before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
(bound form) not; un-
(bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage
(also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
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