句群：不用关联词（意合）
sentences linked by order and meaning alone, with no connective
Structure
句子一 ， 句子二 。 句子三 。（靠语序和意思连接）
What it means
Sentences linked by order and meaning alone: the sequence of events and a shared topic carry the logic, and the reader supplies the missing 因为, 所以 or 但是.
How it is built
Sentence 1，sentence 2。sentence 3。 in natural order: 下了一夜大雨。早上的比赛取消了。 (It rained all night. The morning match was called off.)
When to use it
Narrative and plain prose; Zhu Ziqing’s style (《背影》) lives on it. English usually needs “so” or “but”; Chinese leaves them out when the link is clear.
Watch out
The common mistake runs the other way: translating every English connective and putting 因为…所以… into every sentence, which reads like a translation.
Examples
父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。
My father was a fat man, so getting over there was bound to be harder for him. I had meant to go myself, but he would not hear of it, so I had to let him go. (《背影》)
下了一夜大雨。早上的比赛取消了。孩子们只好在家看电视。
It rained all night. The morning match was called off. The children had to stay in and watch television.
Learn this in Lesson 222 · HSK 9+: 朱自清的散文 (Zhu Ziqing and the modern essay)
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