“越来越(yuè lái yuè )……” and “越(yuè)A越(yuè)B”

As the first advanced lesson of HSK grammar, the difference of  “越来越……” and “越A越B” has confused many.

The meaning of “越来越……”  is  Getting more and more. It means somebody or something has an obvious change and it keep tendency of changing.

 

E.g.:

地球上的资源越来越少了。（the resource of the earth getting less and less.）

随着中国的发展，我们与国外的贸易交流越来越频繁了。（with the development of China，the trading with 佛热斌countries getting more and more frequently.）

The meaning of “越A越B” is that B is changing with A . If B has changed, A is changing gradually. Causality is between A and B. there are two sentence patterns: X 越 A越B；X越A，Y越B.

E.g.:

植物越长越茂盛。（Plants grow more and more flourish.）

你锻炼得越多，身体就越健康。（The more you exercise, the healthier you will be.）

Sometimes you may be confused with teacher’s explanation about synonyms and similar phrases in Chinese.  It’s a period to accumulate these difficult knowledge points. If you make it successfully, you will make a great progress. And you will find that Chinese grammar is not as difficult as you thought.