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HSK 6 Connectors & compound sentences

以 … 来 …

By means of… in order to (以…来…)

Structure 以 + means + 来 + purpose/verb

以…来… (yǐ… lái…) links a MEANS or instrument with the PURPOSE it serves: 以减税来刺激消费 = "to stimulate consumption by cutting taxes". 以 (literary reading "yǐ") introduces the resource and 来 marks the end pursued through it. It is written register; in speech one uses 用…来… or just 来. Do not confuse it with 以…为…, which means "to take X as Y".

Examples

  • shǐzhōngjiānchírén

    He always insists on winning people over with reason.

  • shíxíngdòngláizhèngmíngdechéng

    He proves his sincerity through concrete action.

  • zhèngjiǎnshuìláixiāofèi

    The government stimulates consumption by cutting taxes.

  • zuòzhěliàngshùláizhīchídeguāndiǎn

    The author backs up his argument with a wealth of data.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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