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而- conj.
连接语意相承的成分and; used to connect two adjectives, verbs, or clauses related in meaning 连接肯定和否定互相补充的成分used to link complementary positive and negative elements 气味浓而不烈。 The smell is strong, but not pungent. 我不是不肯，而是不能。 It's not that I won't, it's that I can't. 不要从主观愿望出发，而要从现实出发。 One shouldn't begin with an subjective wish, but rather with reality.
连接语义相反的成分used to connect two elements opposite in meaning 大而无用 big but useless 兵在精而不在多。 With troops, quality is more important than quantity. 他要来而没有来。 He wanted to come, but he didn't. 物美而价廉 a cheap but good-quality product 她能读会写，而女儿却一字不识。 She can read and write, but her daughter is completely illiterate.
连接事理上前后相因的成分used to show cause and effect 因伤而死 died of an injury 慕名而来 come because of someone's fame 不劳而获的人是可耻的。 It is shameful to reap rewards without putting any work in. 知难而退的人，不会有任何成就。 Those who retreat in the face of difficulty will never amount to anything.
表示“到”的意思to 由秋而冬 from autumn to winter 由浅而深 from shallow to deep 由小而大 from small to large
把表示时间或方式的成分连接在动词上面used before a verb to link the component indicating its timing or manner 如果if 人而无志，一世无成。 Without ambition, one will never amount to anything. 作家而脱离生活实践，就写不出好作品。 If authors are isolated from the reality of life, they are unable to write well.
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