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52 HSK 7-9 (HSK 3.0) grammar points in 15 groups. Open any point to see its pattern, usage, examples and notes.
Classical Chinese function words and frames preserved in modern formal writing (之, 其, 所, 乃, 即, 莫, 勿, 凡, 皆, 均, 亦, 诚, 岂, 焉, 自…以来).
Mechanisms for nominalizing verb/adjective phrases and defining academic concepts in HSK 7–9 (所+V, V+者, 所谓…, 之所以…, suffixes 化/性/度).
Elevated passive and quasi-passive frames in academic and official prose: 为…所…, 受(到)/遭(受) + N, and lexical passives.
Literary conjunctions expressing inference, concession, prevention, progression, and parallel reasons (固然…但…, 尚且…何况…, 以免, 从而/进而, 一则…二则…).
Formal verbs and frames of causation in journalistic and academic prose (致使, 导致, 促成, 促使, 引发, 使得, 令…的是).
Formal prepositions used in journalism, legal statutes, and official documents (鉴于, 出于, 本着, 依据, 围绕, 针对, 关乎, 就…而言).
High-level literary verbal and complement constructions (得以, 予以, 加以, 致以, 付诸, 趋于, 陷于, 归于, 难以, 足以).
Elevated four-character and transitional set phrases in HSK 7–9 essays and reports (可想而知, 显而易见, 不言而喻, 由此可见, 综上所述).
Classical and elevated conditional and concessive connectors (倘若/若/如若, 纵使/纵然/即便/哪怕, 无论/不论…均/皆…, 唯有…方能…).
Double negations, rhetorical idioms, dramatic turn adverbs, and rhetorical frames in HSK 7–9 prose (非…不可, 无不, 莫不, 何乐而不为, 谈何容易, 不料/岂料).
Refined adverbs of degree, affirmation, continuity, and subtle contrariness in HSK 7–9 (颇/甚/殊/尤, 实在/着实/委实, 未尝/不妨, 接连/一连/陆续, 倒, 偏偏).
Semi-fixed four-character templates and refined collocations that give formal Chinese prose its rhythmic balance (颇具/极具, 不无…, 有所…).
Literary preference, equivalence, and simile constructions (宁可…也不…, 与其…毋宁…, 无异于, 犹如…一般, 相差无几).
Journalistic source attribution and academic citation frames in HSK 7–9 (据悉, 据报道, 据了解, 正如/诚如…所言, 如前所述).
Fronting objects or adverbials and inverting subject-predicate order to highlight focal information and balance sentence rhythm.
Structures: N1 + 之 + N2 (= 的) | 所 + Verb (Nominalization) | 为…所… (Passive) | 莫过于… (Superlative)
Exam tip: Identify grammatical roles precisely: 之 links modifiers (= 的) or serves as an object pronoun; 所 precedes a transitive verb to nominalize its patient/object.
Structures: 加以 + Disyllabic V (handle/apply) | 予以 + VN (grant/accord) | 得以 + V (be able to as a result)
Exam tip: 加以 and 予以 must be followed by a disyllabic verb with no further object after it; 得以 always indicates a positive outcome enabled by prior conditions.
Structures: 不无 + N (= have some) | 未尝 + 不/没有 (= not necessarily not) | 无非 / 不外乎 (= nothing more than)
Exam tip: Count negatives carefully in HSK 7–9 reading: 不无道理 = quite reasonable; 未尝不可 = altogether permissible; whereas 无非 means "merely / nothing more than", not negation.
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Structures: 鉴于 + Objective Fact | 本着 + Principle + 的态度 | 就 + Scope + 而言 | 自 + Past Point + 以来
Exam tip: Never drop the closing element of a circumposition (such as 而言 in 就…而言 or 以来 in 自…以来); 本着 always takes abstract nouns of principle or spirit.
Structures: 纵使/纵然/即便 + Hypothesis, 也/都… | 唯有 + Condition, 方能/才 + Result | 无论…, 均/皆 + Predicate
Exam tip: Maintain register consistency: pair 唯有 with 方能, pair formal 无论/不论 with 均/皆, and always match 纵使/纵然 with 也/都 in the main clause.
Structures: 颇具/极具 + Quality Noun (特色/价值) | 颇有 + Evaluation Noun (道理/成效) | …, 何乐而不为?
Exam tip: Deploying four-character frames (颇具影响力, 极具价值, 显而易见, 综上所述, 何乐而不为) in HSK 7–9 essay writing and translation significantly boosts stylistic scores.
