{"id":3840,"date":"2022-11-22T21:52:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:50:54","slug":"bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/22\/bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Comparisons 2 &#8211; \u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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dashed #f0dcd8 !important;}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"odc-article\">\n\n<div class=\"topbar\">\n  <div class=\"brandmark\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> OneDotDot Chinese<\/div>\n  <div>Grammar \u00b7 HSK 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#5a5248 !important;\">Grammar Point \u00b7 <span style=\"color:#d97706 !important;\">HSK 3<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"hero-title\"><span class=\"accent\" style=\"color:#D08A63 !important;\">Chinese Comparisons 2<\/span><span class=\"cjk sub\" style=\"color:#D08A63 !important;display:block !important;font-size:clamp(18px,2.6vw,25px) !important;font-weight:700 !important;line-height:1.4 !important;margin-top:10px !important;\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span>\u2026<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero-sub\">Once you know the basic <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> pattern, you can strengthen it with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9084 h\u00e1i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/span>, say two things are the same with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> \u2026 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span>, push back with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span>, and count exact differences with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Comparisons-in-Chinese-\u6bd4-bi.jpg\" alt=\"Comparisons in Chinese \u66f4 g\u00e8ng \u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng \u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">This lesson builds on <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> sentences from HSK 2 with five new patterns: &#8220;even more,&#8221; &#8220;the same as,&#8221; &#8220;the same \u2026 as,&#8221; &#8220;not more \u2026 than,&#8221; and comparing how much or how early\/late an action happens.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 style=\"color:#d97706 !important;display:flex !important;flex-wrap:wrap !important;align-items:baseline !important;gap:10px !important;margin:52px 0 6px !important;padding:0 !important;text-indent:0 !important;list-style:none !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Structure\"><\/span><span class=\"num\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif !important;font-size:14px !important;color:#d97706 !important;border:1.5px solid #d97706 !important;border-radius:50% !important;width:26px !important;height:26px !important;display:inline-flex !important;align-items:center !important;justify-content:center !important;flex-shrink:0 !important;background:transparent !important;\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Structure<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;\">At HSK 3 you can make comparisons stronger, say two things are the same, push back on an assumption, and count exact differences in actions. Five patterns build on the basic <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> sentence from HSK 2.<\/p>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:#D08A63 !important;margin:26px 0 12px !important;padding:0 !important;\">A + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> + B + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9084 h\u00e1i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/span> + Adj.<\/h3>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">Both <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9084 h\u00e1i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/span> emphasize the idea of &#8220;more,&#8221; and can be translated as &#8220;even.&#8221; This usually means the speaker is correcting an earlier assumption, or wants to stress how big the difference is: B already has the quality, and A goes one step further. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> is neutral and works in both speech and writing; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9084 h\u00e1i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/span> is more conversational.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Is your brother taller than you?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">No, I&#8217;m even taller than my brother.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">It&#8217;s hot today.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">No, yesterday was even hotter.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7626<\/span><rt>sh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">A\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7626<\/span><rt>sh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Have you lost weight?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u524d<\/span><rt>y\u01d0qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7626<\/span><rt>sh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">B\uff1a<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u524d<\/span><rt>y\u01d0qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7626<\/span><rt>sh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Yes, I&#8217;m even thinner than before.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253<\/span><rt>d\u01ce<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7c43\u7403<\/span><rt>l\u00e1nqi\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253<\/span><rt>d\u01ce<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7bee\u7403<\/span><rt>l\u00e1nqi\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My younger brother likes playing basketball even more than I do.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> can also come before a verb like <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u559c\u6b61 x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u559c\u6b22 x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f5c\u696d<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2y\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f5c\u4e1a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2y\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">There is even more homework this time than last time.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u9ce5<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c11<\/span><rt>sh\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u9e1f<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c11<\/span><rt>sh\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">You eat even less than a little bird.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">FYI: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u9ce5\u80c3 xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo w\u00e8i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u9e1f\u80c3 xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo w\u00e8i<\/span><\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u9ce5\u80c3 xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo w\u00e8i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u9e1f\u80c3 xi\u01ceoni\u01ceo w\u00e8i<\/span> (&#8220;bird stomach&#8221;) is a fun Chinese expression for someone with a small appetite, just like a bird. It means they can only eat a little bit at a time, and it&#8217;s often used playfully to tease someone who doesn&#8217;t eat much.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout point\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Still no <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9084 h\u00e1i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/span> replace the degree word \u2014 you never stack <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span> on top. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6211\u6bd4\u4f60\u66f4\u5f88\u5fd9 w\u01d2 b\u01d0 n\u01d0 g\u00e8ng h\u011bn m\u00e1ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6211\u6bd4\u4f60\u66f4\u5f88\u5fd9 w\u01d2 b\u01d0 n\u01d0 g\u00e8ng h\u011bn m\u00e1ng<\/span> is wrong; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6211\u6bd4\u4f60\u66f4\u5fd9 w\u01d2 b\u01d0 n\u01d0 g\u00e8ng m\u00e1ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6211\u6bd4\u4f60\u66f4\u5fd9 w\u01d2 b\u01d0 n\u01d0 g\u00e8ng m\u00e1ng<\/span> is right.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:#D08A63 !important;margin:26px 0 12px !important;padding:0 !important;\">A + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> + B + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><\/h3>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">This says A and B are the same. Notice that <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> disappears: it&#8217;s for things that differ, while <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> \u2026 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> is for things that match. To say they&#8217;re different, put <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span> before <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u6a5f<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u673a<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My phone is the same as yours.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d\u5b57<\/span><rt>m\u00edngz\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d\u5b57<\/span><rt>m\u00edngzi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My name is the same as his.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">FYI: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u83dc\u5e02\u5834\u540d\u5b57 c\u00e0ish\u00ecch\u01ceng m\u00edngz\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u83dc\u5e02\u573a\u540d\u5b57 c\u00e0ish\u00ecch\u01ceng m\u00edngzi<\/span><\/div><p>&#8220;Marketplace names&#8221; are names so common that if you called one out loud in a market, one or two people would probably answer \u2014 because they happen to share the same name.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u59b9\u59b9<\/span><rt>m\u00e8imei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u59d0\u59d0<\/span><rt>ji\u011bjie<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751c\u9ede<\/span><rt>ti\u00e1ndi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u59b9\u59b9<\/span><rt>m\u00e8imei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u59d0\u59d0<\/span><rt>ji\u011bjie<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751c\u70b9<\/span><rt>ti\u00e1ndi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My younger sister is just like my older sister \u2014 they both love sweets.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u88e1<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u83dc<\/span><rt>c\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u88e1<\/span><rt>n\u00e0l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u91cc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8li<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u83dc<\/span><rt>c\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u91cc<\/span><rt>n\u00e0li<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Is the food here the same as the food there?<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u60f3\u6cd5<\/span><rt>xi\u01cengf\u01ce<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u60f3\u6cd5<\/span><rt>xi\u01cengfa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">His way of thinking is different from mine.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"note\">Negative: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span> goes before <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u548c h\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u548c h\u00e9<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span><\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u548c h\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u548c h\u00e9<\/span> both mean &#8220;and&#8221; and are colloquial, so either can be used in this pattern. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span> both mean &#8220;the same,&#8221; but <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u76f8\u540c xi\u0101ngt\u00f3ng<\/span> is more formal.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:#D08A63 !important;margin:26px 0 12px !important;padding:0 !important;\">A + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> + B + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> + Adj.<\/h3>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">Add an adjective after <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> to say A is &#8220;as \u2026 as&#8221; B. The adjective comes last, and \u2014 as in the <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> pattern \u2014 it doesn&#8217;t take <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">I&#8217;m as tall as he is.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e97<\/span><rt>di\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9eb5<\/span><rt>mi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e97<\/span><rt>di\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9762<\/span><rt>mi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">The noodles at this shop are as delicious as at that one.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8dd1<\/span><rt>p\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5feb<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8dd1<\/span><rt>p\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5feb<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My younger brother runs as fast as I do.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"note\">With actions, the pattern goes after <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f97 de<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f97 de<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u6a5f<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb4<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u673a<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d35<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">This phone is as expensive as that one.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Different from <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6211\u8ddf\u4f60\u4e00\u6a23\u9ad8 w\u01d2 g\u0113n n\u01d0 y\u00edy\u00e0ng g\u0101o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6211\u8ddf\u4f60\u4e00\u6837\u9ad8 w\u01d2 g\u0113n n\u01d0 y\u00edy\u00e0ng g\u0101o<\/span> says you&#8217;re the same height. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6211\u6c92\u6709\u4f60\u9ad8 w\u01d2 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u n\u01d0 g\u0101o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u4f60\u9ad8 w\u01d2 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u n\u01d0 g\u0101o<\/span> says you&#8217;re shorter. Pick <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> \u2026 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> when the two things match, and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span> when one falls short.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:#D08A63 !important;margin:26px 0 12px !important;padding:0 !important;\">A + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span> + B + Adj.<\/h3>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">The negative word goes before <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span>, not before the adjective. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span> is used to push back on an assumption: someone says or thinks &#8220;A is more \u2026 than B,&#8221; and you correct them. It only denies that A is ahead \u2014 A might be equal to B, or even behind. That&#8217;s what makes it different from <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span>, which says A is definitely behind.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5e74<\/span><rt>j\u012bnni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u590f\u5929<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb\u5e74<\/span><rt>q\u00f9ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5e74<\/span><rt>j\u012bnni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u590f\u5929<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb\u5e74<\/span><rt>q\u00f9ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">This summer is not hotter than last year.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e2b<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e08<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">The teacher&#8217;s English isn&#8217;t better than mine.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92 m\u00e9i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1 m\u00e9i<\/span> can also replace <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d b\u00f9<\/span> in front of <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u5ef3<\/span><rt>c\u0101nt\u012bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb4<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5225<\/span><rt>bi\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u64d4\u5fc3<\/span><rt>d\u0101nx\u012bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u9986<\/span><rt>c\u0101ngu\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d35<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u522b<\/span><rt>bi\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u62c5\u5fc3<\/span><rt>d\u0101nx\u012bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">This restaurant isn&#8217;t more expensive than that one, so don&#8217;t worry.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8b\u60c5<\/span><rt>sh\u00ecq\u00edng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8b\u60c5<\/span><rt>sh\u00ecqing<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">You&#8217;re no busier than I am \u2014 why do I have to do everything?<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea\u662f<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f03<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6562<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea\u662f<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f83<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6562<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">His Chinese isn&#8217;t better than mine; he&#8217;s just more willing to speak up.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout point\"><div class=\"callout-label\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span> vs. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1\u6709 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u<\/span><\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ed6\u6c92\u6709\u6211\u9ad8 t\u0101 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u w\u01d2 g\u0101o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ed6\u6ca1\u6709\u6211\u9ad8 t\u0101 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u w\u01d2 g\u0101o<\/span>: he is shorter than me.<\/p><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ed6\u4e0d\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8 t\u0101 b\u00f9b\u01d0 w\u01d2 g\u0101o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ed6\u4e0d\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8 t\u0101 b\u00f9b\u01d0 w\u01d2 g\u0101o<\/span>: he is not taller than me (he may be shorter, or the same). Use it when you&#8217;re correcting someone, not when you&#8217;re just describing.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:#D08A63 !important;margin:26px 0 12px !important;padding:0 !important;\">A + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> + B + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span> + V + Amount<\/h3>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span> &#8220;more,&#8221; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span> &#8220;less,&#8221; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span> &#8220;early,&#8221; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span> &#8220;late.&#8221; Put one of them right before the verb, and the amount (a number + measure word) after the verb. If the action is finished, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e86 le<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e86 le<\/span> follows the verb.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9903\u5b50<\/span><rt>ji\u01ceozi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u997a\u5b50<\/span><rt>ji\u01ceozi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">I ate five more dumplings than he did.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c11<\/span><rt>sh\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u5e74<\/span><rt>y\u00ecni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c11<\/span><rt>sh\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u5e74<\/span><rt>y\u00ecni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">He studied Chinese for one year less than I did.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7238\u7238<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ba<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9<\/span><rt>z\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7238\u7238<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ba<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9<\/span><rt>z\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Dad came back ten minutes earlier than me.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u524d\u5929<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1nti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u524d\u5929<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1nti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My older brother slept half an hour later yesterday than the day before.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82b1<\/span><rt>hu\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5343<\/span><rt>s\u0101nqi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82b1<\/span><rt>hu\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5343<\/span><rt>s\u0101nqi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">This month I spent 3,000 dollars more than last month.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:10px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">To negate it, put <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c92 m\u00e9i<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6ca1 m\u00e9i<\/span> before <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">I don&#8217;t speak more Chinese than he does.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7238\u7238<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ba<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9<\/span><rt>z\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7238\u7238<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ba<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9<\/span><rt>z\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Dad didn&#8217;t come back ten minutes before me \u2014 he came back ten minutes after me.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Where the amount goes<\/div><p>Compare <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8\u4e09\u516c\u5206 t\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 g\u0101o s\u0101n g\u014dngf\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8\u4e09\u5398\u7c73 t\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 g\u0101o s\u0101n l\u00edm\u01d0<\/span> (HSK 2: amount after an adjective) with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u591a\u5403\u4e86\u4e00\u7897\u98ef t\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 du\u014d ch\u012b le y\u00ec w\u01cen f\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u591a\u5403\u4e86\u4e00\u7897\u996d t\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 du\u014d ch\u012b le y\u00ec w\u01cen f\u00e0n<\/span> (amount after a verb). With verbs, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span> move in front of the verb, and the number + measure word comes after it.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2 style=\"color:#d97706 !important;display:flex !important;flex-wrap:wrap !important;align-items:baseline !important;gap:10px !important;margin:52px 0 6px !important;padding:0 !important;text-indent:0 !important;list-style:none !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif !important;font-size:14px !important;color:#d97706 !important;border:1.5px solid #d97706 !important;border-radius:50% !important;width:26px !important;height:26px !important;display:inline-flex !important;align-items:center !important;justify-content:center !important;flex-shrink:0 !important;background:transparent !important;\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;\">Watch for these mix-ups between <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">Do not use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> to express &#8220;the same.&#8221; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span> is for things that differ, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8ddf g\u0113n<\/span> \u2026 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span> for things that match.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">Negative words need to be placed before <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6bd4 b\u01d0<\/span>, not before the adjective.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u66f4 g\u00e8ng<\/span> already does the job of a degree word, so <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span> can&#8217;t be added.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">After <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6a23 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6837 y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/span>, use the bare adjective \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/span> is not needed.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d\u6bd4 b\u00f9b\u01d0<\/span> needs the adjective at the end to complete the meaning.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">In this pattern, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591a du\u014d<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c11 sh\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65e9 z\u01ceo<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u665a w\u01cen<\/span> go before the verb, not after it.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 style=\"color:#d97706 !important;display:flex !important;flex-wrap:wrap !important;align-items:baseline !important;gap:10px !important;margin:52px 0 6px !important;padding:0 !important;text-indent:0 !important;list-style:none !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif !important;font-size:14px !important;color:#d97706 !important;border:1.5px solid #d97706 !important;border-radius:50% !important;width:26px !important;height:26px !important;display:inline-flex !important;align-items:center !important;justify-content:center !important;flex-shrink:0 !important;background:transparent !important;\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;\">Translate each sentence into Chinese, then tap the card to check your answer.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span>I really think English is much more difficult than Chinese. (&#8220;even more&#8221;)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f<\/span><rt>zh\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89ba<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3<\/span><rt>n\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f<\/span><rt>zh\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89c9<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82f1\u6587<\/span><rt>y\u012bngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f4<\/span><rt>g\u00e8ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be<\/span><rt>n\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span>He&#8217;s even funnier than his older brother! (casual, a bit surprised)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u7b11<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxi\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff01<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u7b11<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoxi\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff01<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span>Her shoes are the same as mine. (same)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u978b\u5b50<\/span><rt>xi\u00e9zi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u978b\u5b50<\/span><rt>xi\u00e9zi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span>This soup is as salty as that one. (same + adjective)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6e6f<\/span><rt>t\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9e79<\/span><rt>xi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c64<\/span><rt>t\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7897<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54b8<\/span><rt>xi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">05<\/span>She dances as well as her teacher. (same + adjective, action)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8df3<\/span><rt>ti\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e2b<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6a23<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8df3<\/span><rt>ti\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f97<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e08<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6837<\/span><rt>y\u00edy\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">06<\/span>It&#8217;s not more expensive over there than here (contrary to what you think). (pushing back)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason zh-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u88e1<\/span><rt>n\u00e0l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u88e1<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb4<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u91cc<\/span><rt>n\u00e0li<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4<\/span><rt>b\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u91cc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8li<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d35<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">07<\/span>I understand one more grammar point today than I did yesterday. 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