HSK 3 • Lesson 10为了健康
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为了健康

Wèile jiànkāng
For Health
Pattern 1

连……也/都……

lián... yě / dōu...

Expresses strong emphasis: 'even... (cannot / does)'. Used to highlight an extreme or surprising example.

Examples
连鞋带都要我帮你系。
Lián xiédài dōu yào wǒ bāng nǐ jì.
Even your shoelaces have to be tied by me.
他今天起晚了,连早饭都没吃就走了。
Tā jīntiān qǐ wǎn le, lián zǎofàn dōu méi chī jiù zǒu le.
He woke up late today and left without even having breakfast.
Pattern 2

疑问代词 + 也/都 (任指)

yíwèn dàicí + yě / dōu (rènzhǐ)

Question words (谁/哪儿/什么/怎么) used with 都 or 也 to denote universal inclusion or exclusion ('whoever, whatever, wherever, however').

Examples
可像我这样的人怎么减肥都没用。
Kě xiàng wǒ zhèyàng de rén zěnme jiǎnféi dōu méiyòng.
But for people like me, no matter how I diet it doesn't work.
爸爸、妈妈说什么他都不听。
Bàba, māmā shuō shénme tā dōu bù tīng.
No matter what mom and dad say, he doesn't listen.
Pattern 3

既然……,就/那就……

jìrán..., jiù / nà jiù...

Connective structure: 'Since / Now that [known fact], then [suggested action/conclusion]'. Focuses on the speaker's subjective inference or decision.

Examples
既然吃药也没用,那就算了。
Jìrán chī yào yě méiyòng, nà jiù suàn le.
Since taking medicine is useless too, let's just forget it.
Pattern 4

万一……,就……

wànyī..., jiù...

Expresses an unlikely hypothesis of something undesirable: 'Just in case / In the rare event that..., then [trouble/countermeasure]'.

Examples
万一让我爱人知道了,就麻烦了。
Wànyī ràng wǒ àiren zhīdào le, jiù máfan le.
Just in case my wife finds out, it will be trouble.
Pattern 5

一 + V + 就 + 是/V + 数量短语

yī + V + jiù + shì / V + shùliàng duǎnyǔ

Indicates that whenever the action takes place, it reaches a remarkably large extent or long duration ('once he starts playing, it's several hours').

Examples
一玩儿就是好几个小时。
Yī wánr jiù shì hǎojǐ gè xiǎoshí.
Once he starts playing, it lasts for hours.
Pattern 6

一 + 量词 + 比 + 一 + 量词

yī + liàngcí + bǐ + yī + liàngcí

Progressive increase in degree over successive units ('day by day', 'year by year', or 'each one more ... than the next').

Examples
为什么现在的胖子一天比一天多?
Wèishénme xiànzài de pàngzi yī tiān bǐ yī tiān duō?
Why are there more and more overweight people day by day?