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凡是 (fán shì) – each and every

fán shì

each and every

HSK 3.0 Level 62 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1each and every
  2. 2every
  3. 3all
  4. 4any

Example sentences

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  • 凡是大城市都有交通堵塞的問題。

    fán shì dài chéng shì dōu yǒu jiāo tōng dǔ sè de wèn tí 。

    All big cities have traffic problems.

  • 凡是反动的东西，你不打，它就不倒。

    fán shì fǎn dòng de dōng xī ， nǐ bù dǎ ， tā jiù bù dǎo 。

    Everything reactionary is the same; if you do not hit it, it will not fall.

Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

凡

fán

ordinary

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

老是

lǎo shi

always

正是

zhèng shì

is precisely

就是

jiù shì

exactly

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