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- 除了
除了
chú le
Meaning
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英语，他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French")
- (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
Definition
表示排除，不计算在内；或者表示另外还有。
except; besides; in addition to.
Usage
常与“还”、“也”、“之外”等搭配，表示排除或补充。
Often used with '还', '也', '之外' to indicate exclusion or addition.
Examples
- 1 除了他，别人都来了。 (Except for him, everyone else came.)
- 2 除了工作，还要学习。 (Besides work, I also have to study.)
- 3 除了苹果，我还喜欢香蕉。 (In addition to apples, I also like bananas.)
- 4 除了星期天，我们每天都上班。 (We work every day except Sunday.)
- 5 除了这些，你还有什么要说的吗？ (Besides this, do you have anything else to say?)
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