HSK 6 Connectors & compound sentences
一则 … 二则 …
For one thing… for another… (一则…二则)
Structure 一则 + reason 1,二则 + reason 2 (…三则…)
一则…二则… (yīzé… èrzé…) lists two (or more) reasons for the same fact: "for one thing…, for another…". 他没去,一则没空,二则不感兴趣 = "he didn't go: for one thing he had no time, for another he wasn't interested". It is the more cultivated, written cousin of 一来…二来… (HSK 5), which sounds more colloquial; the meaning is identical, but 一则…二则… belongs to essays and the press. It can extend with 三则…. 则 is read zé.
Examples
- 他没去,一则没空,二则不感兴趣。
He didn't go: for one thing he had no time, for another he wasn't interested.
- 搬到郊区,一则房租便宜,二则空气好。
He moved to the suburbs: for one thing the rent is cheap, for another the air is good.
- 公司决定缓发新品,一则资金不足,二则时机未到。
The company decided to delay the launch: for one thing funds are short, for another the timing isn't right.
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.