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Grammar Points
因...被...— Cause PassiveHSK 5
Use 因 + reason + 被 + agent/结果 to link a cause with a passive result (someone/something suffers because of a reason).
"雀巢中国旗下公司因臭气超标排放被罚款。"
"天津雀巢普瑞纳宠物食品有限公司因臭气浓度超标排放，被天津经济技术开发区生态环境局罚款。"
由 + agent + verb— Agent Marker 由HSK 4
Use 由 + agent + verb to highlight who performs or takes responsibility for the action, often in formal/passive descriptions.
"该公司由雀巢（中国）有限公司全资持股。"
"本站由阿里云提供计算与安全服务。"
包括...等— Including ListHSK 3
Use 包括 + items + 等 to introduce representative examples while implying the list continues.
"经营范围包括饲料生产、饲料添加剂生产、宠物食品及用品批发等。"
让 + someone + verb— Causative 让HSK 3
Use 让 + person + verb to express that the subject causes or allows someone to do something.
"36氪 APP 让一部分人先看到未来。"
[duration] + 前— Time Ago + 前HSK 2
Attach 前 to a time duration to say something happened that long ago; common in news timestamps.
"4599 元起，苹果 MacBook Neo 来了...4 小时前。"
"刚封杀就反杀...250 万人抛弃 ChatGPT，3 小时前。"
Key Vocabulary
小时xiǎo shíHSK1
hour
前qiánHSK1
氪kè
阿里ā lǐ
有限公司yǒu xiàn gōng sī
雀巢què chá
科技kē jìHSK4
science and technology
和héHSK1
的deHSK1
(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")