HSK 3 • Lesson 15各有所爱
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各有所爱

Gè yǒu suǒ ài
To Each Their Own
Pattern 1

谁说的?

Shéi shuō de?
Meaning:Who says so? / Says who?

Rhetorical question in spoken Chinese expressing disagreement or refuting someone's claim ('Who says so?', 'Says who?').

Examples
谁说的?我觉得他的歌挺好听的。
Shéi shuō de? Wǒ juéde tā de gē tǐng hǎotīng de.
Who says so? I think his songs sound quite nice.
谁说的?没这事儿。
Shéi shuō de? Méi zhè shìr.
Who says so? There is no such thing.
Pattern 2

虽说……,可/但是……

suīshuō..., kě/dànshì...
Meaning:Although / Even though..., yet...

Colloquial concessive structure equivalent to 虽然……但是…… ('although..., yet...').

Examples
虽说我不怎么看这个电视剧,可我现在就能告诉你故事的结局。
Suīshuō wǒ bù zěnme kàn zhège diànshìjù, kě wǒ xiànzài jiù néng gàosu nǐ gùshi de jiéjú.
Although I don't really watch this TV series, I can already tell you its ending right now.
Pattern 3

不/没 + 怎么 + Verb / Adj

bù/méi + zěnme + Verb / Adj
Meaning:not really / seldom / not particularly [V/Adj]

Used with verbs to indicate seldom doing something or not doing it much; used with adjectives to mean 'not very' or 'not particularly'.

Examples
我们平时不怎么联系。
Wǒmen píngshí bù zěnme liánxì.
We usually don't contact each other much.
今天早晨不怎么热。
Jīntiān zǎochen bù zěnme rè.
It wasn't very hot this morning.
Pattern 4

就是……也……

jiùshì..., yě...
Meaning:Even if..., still...

Expresses hypothetical concession in spoken Chinese, emphasizing that an outcome remains unchanged regardless ('even if... still...').

Examples
就是三天不看也知道是怎么回事。
Jiùshì sān tiān bú kàn yě zhīdào shì zěnme huí shì.
Even if you don't watch it for three days, you still know what's going on.
明天就是下雨,我们也要去香山。
Míngtiān jiùshì xiàyǔ, wǒmen yě yào qù Xiāngshān.
Even if it rains tomorrow, we are still going to Fragrant Hills.