Level
HSK 6
Near-native prose: literary phrasing, formal structures and the rhythm of written Chinese.
All 528 HSK 6 words, with pinyin, meaning and a recording.
Stories
对门
Across the Street
父亲的屋子
Father's Rooms
归乡
Homecoming
灰烬之家
House of Ashes
译错的一个字
One Word Wrong
空房间
The Empty Room
最后一场戏
The Last Show
听河的人
The Man Who Listens to the River
记忆商店
The Memory Shop
通知
The Notice
第二份报告
The Second Report
Grammar
X了就X了
…了就…了 — so what if …; it's done
到…头上来了
…到…头上（来）了 — land / fall on someone (unfairly)
X来X去，都是/就是
…来…去，（结果）都是… — after all the back-and-forth, still …
V什么就是什么
V什么（就）是什么 — whatever V-s is exactly what counts
A这A那
V这V那 — do it over this and that (scattered)
一时…一时…
一时…一时… — one moment …, the next …
不…不…
不…不… — not … until … / won't … unless …
不X不…，一X…
不X不…，一X就… — won't … unless; the moment X …
不但不…反而…
不但不…反而… — not only not …, but on the contrary …
不怎么
不怎么 — not particularly / not very
不怎么样
不怎么样 — so-so / nothing special
不是…，还/还是…
不是…，还/还是… — it isn't just X; you still need Y
与
与／同 — and / with (formal)
东一A，西一A
东一…西一… — scattered here and there
为了…而…
为了…而… — in order to … (formal)
于
于 — at / in / than (formal)
仿佛
仿佛 — as if / seemingly (written)
A一量，B一量
你一…我一… — each in turn (back-and-forth)
便
便 — then / thereupon (formal 就)
凡是…，都…
凡是…，都… — every / all that … (no exception)
嘛
嘛／啦 — sentence-final 嘛 (obvious) and 啦 (了+啊)
因
因 — because of / owing to (formal 因为)
多重复句
多重复句 — multi-level (nested) complex sentences
好（不）容易
好（不）容易 — with great difficulty / only just
好你个X
好你个… — why, you …! (playful reproach)
就是说
就是说 — that is to say / in other words
就算…也…
就算…也… — even if …, still …
左A右B
左A右B — over and over, every which way
或A或B
或A或B — whether A or B (compact)
所
所 — structural 所 (所 + verb; 为…所…)
把字句（致使）
把 — causative (make someone feel / become)
据
据 — according to / based on (reporting)
放着X不Y
放着…不… — leaving … unused / ignoring …
无A无B
无A无B — without A, without B (literary)
早也不X，晚也不X
早（也）不…，晚（也）不… — not sooner, not later, but just then
时而…时而…
时而…时而… — now …, now … (alternation)
沿着
沿（着） — along (a route)
看把…X得
看把…（X）得 — look how (X) you've gotten
算了
算了 — forget it / never mind
至于
至于 — as for / as to (topic shift)
虽…，但…
虽…，但… — although … (formal 虽)
被…给…
被…给… — passive with emphatic 给
要不然／不然
要不然／不然 — otherwise / or else
要么…要么…
要么…要么… — either … or …
趋向补语（引申义）
起来／下去／出来 — extended (figurative) directional complements
这也不X，那也不Y
这也不…，那也不… — neither this nor that will do
连…都…，…更…
连…都…，…更… — even …, so all the more …
那倒也是
那倒（也）是 — that's true, actually (concession)
除
除 — except / besides (formal 除了)
非…不可
非…不可 — simply must / bound to
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