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司空见惯

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Grammar Points

被 + VerbPassive voice with 被HSK 4

Used to express passive actions where the subject receives the action. Structure: Subject + 被 + (Agent) + Verb

"被贬到偏僻的地方去当刺史"

...期间During/while with 期间HSK 5

Indicates a time period during which something happens. Placed after a time phrase or event to mean 'during that time'

"他在朝廷任职期间,曾在政治上谋求改革"

让/要 + Object + VerbCausative with 让/要HSK 4

Used to express making or asking someone to do something. Structure: Subject + 让/要 + Person + Verb phrase

"李绅又让歌女出来演唱,并要她们向刘禹锡殷勤地敬酒"

...后 + VerbAfter doing somethingHSK 3

Indicates sequence of events - 'after doing X, then Y happens'. The action/event before 后 happens first

"失败后降了职"

用来 + VerbUsed to/for the purpose ofHSK 4

Expresses purpose or function - 'used to do something' or 'for the purpose of'. Structure: Subject + 用来 + Verb phrase

"这句成语用来形容看得太多、便不足为奇"

Key Vocabulary

leHSK1

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

deHSK1

also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

李绅lǐ shēn
shìHSK1

to be (followed by substantives only)

司空见惯sī kōng jiàn guànHSK7

a common occurrence (idiom)

成语chéng yǔHSK6

CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]

HSK1

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his

刘禹锡liú yǔ xī
HSK1

(literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

司空sī kōng
duōHSK1

(after a numeral) ... odd

官职guān zhí
hún
hěnHSK1

(also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

刺史cì shǐ
míngHSK2

noun (part of speech)

闲事xián shì
新鲜xīn xiānHSK3

freshness

失去shī qùHSK4

to lose

讲究jiǎng jiuHSK5

carefully selected for quality

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