除了

chú le

apart from

HSK 3

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chú le

apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")

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In sentences 她tā给gěi花园huā yuán除了chú le草cǎo。She weeded the garden. #2411928
我wǒ喜欢xǐ huan动物dòng wù，除了chú le猫māo。Apart from cats, I like animals. #1372498
除了chú le我wǒ以外yǐ wài，大家dà jiā都dōu很hěn忙máng。Everybody is busy except me. #684827
除了chú le星期天Xīng qī tiān我wǒ每měi一yī天tiān都dōu工作gōng zuò。I work every day except Sunday. #850360
除了chú le语言yǔ yán，我wǒ也yě对duì技术jì shù感兴趣gǎn xìng qù。Apart from languages, I'm also interested in technology. #899118
除了chú le真相zhēn xiàng，我wǒ什么shén me都dōu不bù说shuō。I speak nothing but the truth. #1020099

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