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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

  • 他tā始shǐ终zhōng坚jiān持chí以yǐ理lǐ服fú人rén。

    He always insists on winning people over with reason.

  • 他tā以yǐ实shí际jì行xíng动dòng来lái证zhèng明míng自zì己jǐ的de诚chéng意yì。

    He proves his sincerity through concrete action.

  • 政zhèng府fǔ以yǐ减jiǎn税shuì来lái刺cì激jī消xiāo费fèi。

    The government stimulates consumption by cutting taxes.

  • 作zuò者zhě以yǐ大dà量liàng数shù据jù来lái支zhī持chí自zì己jǐ的de观guān点diǎn。

    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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