除了 – vocab dash

除了chúle

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Meanings

1. apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，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，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")

2. (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 (chúle) + A + 就是 (jiùshì) + B, "either A or B")

Characters used

除to remove 了completed action marker

Examples43

除了chúle我wǒ，每个měige人rén都dōu受到shòudào了le邀请yāoqǐng。

Everyone except me was invited.

除了chúle他们tāmen，每个měige人rén都dōu留下liúxià了le。

Everyone left except them.

除了chúle相信xiāngxìn对方duìfāng以外yǐwài，你们nǐmen没什么méishénme要yào做zuò的de了le。

All you need to do is trust each other.

除了chúle我wǒ以外yǐwài，大家dàjiā都dōu很hěn忙máng。

Everybody is busy except me.

你们nǐmen除了chúle信任xìnrèn对方duìfāng，没什么méishénme要yào做zuò的de了le。

All you can do is trust one another.

除了chúle真相zhēnxiàng，我wǒ什么shénme都dōu不bù说shuō。

I speak nothing but the truth.