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Bicycles In China Were Too Expensive 40 Years Ago

Bicycles In China Were Too Expensive 40 Years Ago
40年前,中国的自行车非常贵
40年前,中国的自行车非常贵
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Keywords
自行车 - zìxíngchē - bicycle / bike
贵 - guì - expensive
结婚 - jiéhūn - to marry / to get married
工资 - gōngzī - wages / pay
辆 - liàng - classifier for vehicles
远 - yuǎn - far / distant / remote
卖 - mài - to sell
元 - Yuán - Chinese Yuan (CNY)
攒 - zǎn - to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save
Grammar
Time or Verb Phrase + (以)前 - Expressing "before" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)qián"
40年前,中国的自行车非常贵
40年前,中国人结婚要买自行车。

非常 + Adj. / Adverb - Expressing "very much / extraordinary..." with "fēicháng + Adj. / Adverb"
40年前,中国的自行车非常贵
他的爸爸在医院里工作,医院离家非常远。

Subject + 要 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that the subject "needs to do sth" with "Subject + yào + Verb / Verb Phrase"
现在,中国人结婚都要买车。
40年前,中国人结婚要买自行车。

Statement, 但是… - Expressing "but / however…" with "Statement,dànshì…" (a bit more formal than 可是)
40年前,中国人结婚要买自行车。但是,那时候的中国人工资很少,一辆自行车是他们几个月的工资。

那时(候)... - Expressing "then / at that time..." with "nà shí(hou)..."
但是,那时候的中国人工资很少,一辆自行车是他们几个月的工资。

Phrase + 的 + Noun - Expressed to link a noun to a preceding phrase with "Phrase + de + Noun"
但是,那时候的中国人工资很少,一辆自行车是他们几个月的工资。

几 + Measure Word + Noun - Expressing "several / a couple / a few…" with "jǐ + Measure Word + Noun" (usually for numbers under 10)
但是,那时候的中国人工资很少,一辆自行车是他们几个月的工资。
他的爸爸攒了几个月的工资后,买了一辆自行车。

...的时候 /...时 - Expressing "when…" with "...de shíhou / …shí"
有一个人说,他小的时候,家里没有自行车。

(在)...里 - Expressing "in / inside…" with "(zài)...lǐ"
他的爸爸在医院里工作,医院离家非常远。

Place 1 + 离 + Place 2 + Adv. + 近 / 远 / distance - Expressing distance between two places with "Place 1 + lí + Place 2 + Adv. + jìn / yuǎn / distance" (Place 1 can be omitted to just express distance to Place 2)
他的爸爸在医院里工作,医院离家非常远。

Verb / Verb Phrase + 了 - Expressing that an action has been completed with "Verb / Verb Phrase + le"
他的爸爸攒了几个月的工资后,买了一辆自行车。

Time or Verb Phrase + (以)后 - Expressing "after" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)hòu"
他的爸爸攒了几个月的工资后,买了一辆自行车。
Grammar
Time or Verb Phrase + (以)前 - Expressing "before" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)qián"
40年前,中國的自行車非常貴
40年前,中國人結婚要買自行車。

非常 + Adj. / Adverb - Expressing "very much / extraordinary..." with "fēicháng + Adj. / Adverb"
40年前,中國的自行車非常貴
他的爸爸在醫院裡工作,醫院離家非常遠。

Subject + 要 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that the subject "needs to do sth" with "Subject + yào + Verb / Verb Phrase"
現在,中國人結婚都要買車。
40年前,中國人結婚要買自行車。

Statement, 但是… - Expressing "but / however…" with "Statement,dànshì…" (a bit more formal than 可是)
40年前,中國人結婚要買自行車。但是,那時候的中國人工資很少,一輛自行車是他們幾個月的工資。

那時(候)... - Expressing "then / at that time..." with "nà shí(hou)..."
但是,那時候的中國人工資很少,一輛自行車是他們幾個月的工資。

Phrase + 的 + Noun - Expressed to link a noun to a preceding phrase with "Phrase + de + Noun"
但是,那時候的中國人工資很少,一輛自行車是他們幾個月的工資。

幾 + Measure Word + Noun - Expressing "several / a couple / a few…" with "jǐ + Measure Word + Noun" (usually for numbers under 10)
但是,那時候的中國人工資很少,一輛自行車是他們幾個月的工資。
他的爸爸攢了幾個月的工資後,買了一輛自行車。

...的時候 /...時 - Expressing "when…" with "...de shíhou / …shí"
有一個人說,他小的時候,家裡沒有自行車。

(在)...裡 - Expressing "in / inside…" with "(zài)...lǐ"
他的爸爸在醫院裡工作,醫院離家非常遠。

Place 1 + 離 + Place 2 + Adv. + 近 / 遠 / distance - Expressing distance between two places with "Place 1 + lí + Place 2 + Adv. + jìn / yuǎn / distance" (Place 1 can be omitted to just express distance to Place 2)
他的爸爸在醫院裡工作,醫院離家非常遠。

Verb / Verb Phrase + 了 - Expressing that an action has been completed with "Verb / Verb Phrase + le"
他的爸爸攢了幾個月的工資後,買了一輛自行車。

Time or Verb Phrase + (以)後 - Expressing "after" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)hòu"
他的爸爸攢了幾個月的工資後,買了一輛自行車。
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