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HSK 6 Connectors & compound sentences

由此 / 由此可见 / 据此

Hence / on this basis (由此 / 据此)

Structure … (premise / fact),由此 / 由此可见 / 据此 + consequence or conclusion

Three anaphoric essay-and-press connectors that build on what was just said (the 此). 由此 (yóucǐ) = "from this / hence": it introduces what follows or arises from the premise (由此引发了讨论 "this gave rise to a debate"). 由此可见 (yóucǐ kějiàn) closes it as a reasoned conclusion, "from this it can be seen that…": it is the fuller, formal version of HSK 5's 可见, with explicit 由此 marking what the inference rests on. 据此 (jùcǐ) = "on this basis / accordingly", the most legal-administrative of the three: a decision or ruling grounded in the foregoing (据此作出判决 "a verdict was handed down on this basis"). All three open the second clause.

Examples

  • 数shù据jù连lián年nián增zēng长zhǎng,由yóu此cǐ引yǐn发fā了le广guǎng泛fàn讨tǎo论lùn。

    The figures rose year after year, hence sparking wide-ranging debate.

  • 由yóu此cǐ可kě见jiàn,教jiào育yù对duì一yī个gè国guó家jiā至zhì关guān重zhòng要yào。

    From this it is clear that education is vital to a country.

  • 法fǎ院yuàn据jù此cǐ作zuò出chū了le最zuì终zhōng判pàn决jué。

    On this basis the court handed down its final ruling.

  • 证zhèng据jù确què凿záo,由yóu此cǐ可kě以yǐ认rèn定dìng其qí有yǒu罪zuì。

    The evidence is conclusive, hence he can be found guilty.

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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