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Act natural
In this article I want to discuss several aspects of Chinese sentence construction that don’t always come naturally to English-speaking students.
Leading to frustration
They are 使得(shǐde), 讓(ràng) and 令(lìng). They all seem to mean “lead to,” “induce,” “bring about.”
Speech of parts
But in Chinese, apparently, these components fall into two categories, with different words.
In Chinese, it’s never relative
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How to receive things in Chinese: 收(shōu)vs. 受(shòu)
In English among many other things …