Just as… (as someone put it) (正如…所)

Structure 正如 + source + 所 + verb（那样），+ argument

正如…所… (zhèngrú… suǒ…) brings in a quotation, an authority, or a shared truth that backs up the claim to come: "just as… noted / as the saying goes…". The 所 sits before a verb of speech or judgement (言, 说, 述, 预料…), and the clause often closes with 那样 or 一样. It belongs to essays and argumentative prose, a notch above the 正如…一样 already seen at HSK 5. Equally formal variants: 诚如 (even more emphatic and bookish) and 一如 (especially in the set phrase 一如既往, "as ever, unchanged").

Examples

正zhèng如rú古gǔ人rén所suǒ言yán，欲yù速sù则zé不bù达dá。
Just as the ancients said, haste does not bring success.
正zhèng如rú专zhuān家jiā所suǒ预yù料liào的de那nà样yàng，房fáng价jià继jì续xù下xià跌diē。
Just as the experts had foreseen, housing prices kept falling.
诚chéng如rú报bào告gào所suǒ述shù，问wèn题tí的de根gēn源yuán在zài于yú管guǎn理lǐ。
Just as the report sets out, the root of the problem lies in management.
他tā一yī如rú既jì往wǎng地de支zhī持chí这zhè项xiàng改gǎi革gé。
He backed this reform as he always had.

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