对……来说

For … / as far as … is concerned

HSK 4 · 4 examples

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对 X 来说 marks whose point of view you are speaking from: 对学生来说，这个假期太短了。

X is normally a person or a group, and it opens the sentence so the reader knows whose view is coming.

Examples

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For students, this holiday is too short.

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For northerners, winter in the south feels worse.

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For him, the hardest part is starting to speak.

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For a small company, this price is already high.

All 30 words used in the examples above — tap any word in an example to look it up in place. Words above this level are marked new .

对duìHSK 1correct, right; facing, opposed
学生xué shengHSK 1student; schoolchild
来láiHSK 1come, coming; return, returning
说shuōHSK 1speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
这zhèHSK 1this, the, here
个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
假期jià qīHSK 2vacation
太tàiHSK 1very, too, much; big; extreme
短duǎnHSK 2short; brief; deficient, lacking
了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
北方běi fāngHSK 2north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
南方nán fāngHSK 2south; the southern part of the country; the South
的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
冬天dōng tiānHSK 2winter
更gèngHSK 2more, still further, much more; to change, alter
难受nán shòuHSK 2to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
他tāHSK 1other, another; he, she, it
最zuìHSK 1most, extremely, exceedingly
难nánHSK 1difficult, arduous, hard; unable
是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
开口kāi kǒunewto open one's mouth; to start to talk
一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
家jiāHSK 1house, home, residence; family
小xiǎoHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
公司gōng sīHSK 2company; firm; corporation
价格jià géHSK 3price
已经yǐ jīngHSK 2already
不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
低dīHSK 2low; to lower, hang, bend, bow