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HSK 7

联合关系：并列句群、承接句群、递进句群、选择句群、解说句群、总括句群

Coordinate relations in Chinese sentence groups (including: enumerative, successive, progressive, alternative, explanatory, summary sentences)

Explanation

These are ways of combining multiple sentences or clauses together in Chinese to form a sentence group linked in meaning. For example: '承接句群' (successive sentence group) is used to recount events occurring in chronological order, as in the example: '在一起一年多...从此我们的生活就多了一份彼此间的牵挂.' Other relations such as '并列句群' (enumerative), '递进句群' (progressive) help make the text more coherent and logical. '总括句群' (summary sentence group) usually uses words like '总而言之' to sum up the main idea of the whole passage.

Examples

在一起一年多了。时间虽然不长，但是哥哥再也没有胃疼得起不来了，那是因为我每天早上硬拉他起来吃早饭。我呢，更是体会到了被人悉心照料的感觉。从此我们的生活就多了一份彼此间的牵挂。（承接句群）
zàiyìqǐyìniánduōle。shíjiānsuīránbùcháng，dànshìgēgezàiyěméiyǒuwèiténgdéqǐbùláile，nàshìyīnwèiwǒměitiānzǎoshàngyìnglātāqǐláichīzǎofàn。wǒne，gèngshìtǐhuìdàolebèirénxīxīnzhàoliàodegǎnjué。cóngcǐwǒmendeshēnghuójiùduōleyífènbǐcǐjiāndeqiānguà。（chéngjiējùqún）
运动场聚集了很多人。来长跑的有大学的音乐系教授、中文系教授，有跳高运动员、跳远运动员、游泳运动员、长跑运动员，有那个写了一部小说的作家，还有各个大学的大学生。总而言之吧，那时候小小的农场真可谓人才聚集，全省的本事人基本上都到这里来了。（总括句群）
yùndòngchǎngjùjílehěnduōrén。láichángpǎodeyǒudàxuédeyīnyuèxìjiàoshòu、zhōngwénxìjiàoshòu，yǒutiàogāoyùndòngyuán、tiàoyuǎnyùndòngyuán、yóuyǒngyùndòngyuán、chángpǎoyùndòngyuán，yǒunàgexiěleyíbùxiǎoshuōdezuòjiā，háiyǒugègèdàxuédedàxuéshēng。zǒngéryánzhība，nàshíhòuxiǎoxiǎodenóngchǎngzhēnkěwèiréncáijùjí，quánshěngdeběnshìrénjīběnshàngdōudàozhèlǐláile。（zǒngkuòjùqún）

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The grammar point “联合关系：并列句群、承接句群、递进句群、选择句群、解说句群、总括句群” (Coordinate relations in Chinese sentence groups (including: enumerative, successive, progressive, alternative, explanatory, summary sentences)) is one of the key structures at HSK 7. To use it fluently, you need to understand the contexts where it's used and practice regularly.

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