The Passage of Time
时间流逝
You can now discuss plans and changes with nuanced timing, express urgency and obligation in time-sensitive situations, emphasize repeated actions and time delays, draw logical conclusions about time-passage, and prepare for unlikely scenarios while discussing future events.
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What You Can Now Do
Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.
Listen
You can follow conversations that involve nuanced discussions about timing and urgency, identifying key expressions of obligation and repeated actions.
Speak
You can articulate plans with precise timing, convey a sense of urgency in discussions, and express hypothetical scenarios while preparing for potential outcomes.
Read & Write
You can read texts discussing time management critically and write about future prospects using causal reasoning and nuanced temporal expressions.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions about time-sensitive issues with cultural sensitivity, understanding when to emphasize urgency and how to frame hypothetical situations appropriately.
Vocabulary Review
All 49 words from Unit 13. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
5 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Rhetorical "这又X" — So What?
这又X · zhè yòu XUse 这又X to rhetorically dismiss a concern or express "so what" / "what does it matter"
我都看不懂，这又怎么了？
I can't understand any of it — so what?
这诗写得我都看不懂。——这又怎么了？诗本来就不好懂。
This poem is written so I can't understand it. — So what? Poetry is hard to understand by nature.
我没听说过这个牌子。——没听说过就没听说过呗，这又有什么关系？
I've never heard of this brand. — So you haven't, what does it matter?
Go Ahead and Do Your Thing with 你X你的吧
你X你的吧 · nǐ X nǐ de baUse the pattern 你X你的吧 to tell someone to go ahead and do what they are doing without worrying about the speaker
你忙你的吧，别管我做饭。
Go ahead and stay busy, don't worry about me cooking.
没有什么事，你休息你的吧！
There's nothing going on — go ahead and rest!
你忙你的吧，我跟孩子玩儿一会儿。
Keep doing your work — I'll play with the kids for a bit.
Just Do as You're Told with 让X就X
让/叫/给X你就X · ràng/jiào/gěi X nǐ jiù XUse the pattern 让/叫/给X你就X to tell someone to simply comply without questioning
让你做你就做，别多问了。
Just do what you're told — stop asking so many questions.
叫你吃你就吃，其他的你别管。
Eat when I tell you to eat — don't worry about the rest.
让你安静你就安静，别那么多话。
When I tell you to be quiet, be quiet — stop talking so much.
No Matter What, Must X with 说什么也得
说什么/怎么（着）也得X · shuō shénme / zěnme (zhe) yě děi XUse 说什么也得 and 怎么也得 to express strong determination that something must happen regardless of obstacles
他生病了，我说什么也得去看看他。
He's sick — I absolutely must go see him no matter what.
这么重要的活动，你怎么也得来一下儿。
Such an important event — you really must come, no matter what.
没时间了，说什么也得走了。
There's no time left — we must leave now no matter what.
Modal Verb: 得 (děi) — Must / Have to
能愿动词：得 · néngyuàn dòngcí: děiExpress necessity or obligation using 得 (děi) meaning "must" or "have to"
今天下课我得早点儿回家。
After class today, I have to go home early.
时间不早了，我得回家了。
It's getting late — I have to go home.
你再忙也得好好吃饭啊！
No matter how busy you are, you still have to eat properly!
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
5 lessons still need to pass at 80% or higher. Pick one to continue.
Lessons (0 / 5 passed)
Take the HSK 4 Unit 13 Exam
A short mini-mock — listening + reading — drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.