Structure: 尽量 + Verb/Adjective Meaning: Using 尽量 is as simple as adding it before a verb. Examples: 1. 你 看 书 吧，我 尽量 不 打扰 你。 Nǐ kàn shū bɑ, wǒ jǐnliànɡ bú dárǎo Read More

Structure: Subject + 从来 + 都 + Verb Phrase Meaning: Without the negative adverbs 不 and 没, 从来 takes on the meaning of “always.” (Literally, 从来 means something like “from the beginning,” although no Read More

Structure: 老是 + (Adverb +) Adjective Meaning: When it is used together with an adjective, it usually has an adverb before it, such as “很, 非常, 这么, 那么” etc. Examples: 1. 他 的 脸 Read More

Structure: 老是 + Verb Meaning: 老是 is an adverb, usually translated into English as “always”. It expresses that an action or a condition constantly repeats or continues. It also has an unsatisfied or frustrated Read More

Structure: 全 + Noun Meaning: The structure is quite simple, just put 全 in front of the noun you want to emphasize “the whole” of. You cannot use it with 的. Pay attention to Read More

Structure: Subject + 那么 / 这么 + Adjective Meaning: All you have to do to use this grammar structure is put the 那么 or 这么 in front of the adjective Examples: 1. 你 怎么 Read More

Structure: Object + 不怎么 + adjective Meaning: When used together with an adjective, 不怎么 becomes similar to 不太, which means that the degree of the adjective is not very high Examples: 1. 你的 孩子 Read More

Structure: 就 + topic + 来说/而言 + comment Meaning: This emphasizes that the speaker is just commenting on that particular topic and nothing else, like “just with regards to” in English. In this sense Read More

Structure: Subject + 不停 + 地 + Verb Meaning: “不停” is a little more versatile and can be placed both before the verb as an adverb, or after the verb as something that is Read More

Structure: 老是 + (Adverb +) Adjective Meaning: When it is used together with an adjective, it usually has an adverb before it, such as “很, 非常, 这么, 那么” etc. Examples: 1. 他 的 脸 Read More