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<p>更不用说 (gèng bùyòng shuō) means &quot;let alone,&quot; and is used in the same way as the English, where we might say: &quot;he can't even boil an egg, let alone prepare a banquet&quot;</p>
<h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
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<p>连 + A + 都 / 也 + Verb， 更不用说 + B + 了</p>
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<p>Notice that the order used in this pattern is the opposite to the <a href="&quot;Let_alone&quot;_with_&quot;bie_shuo&quot;" title="wikilink">别说</a> structure.</p>
<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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<li>他 都 不 会 煮 鸡蛋， <em>更不用说</em> 做 一 大 桌子 的 菜 了。<span class="trans">He can't boil an egg, let alone prepare a banquet.</span></li>
<li>他 连 自己 国家 的 国旗 都 不 认识， <em>更不用说</em> 其他 国家 的 了。<span class="trans">He can't even recognize his own country's flag, not to mention any other countries' flags.</span></li>
<li>他 从来 没有 出 过 远门， <em>更不用说</em> 出国 了。<span class="trans">He's never traveled very far, let alone out of the country.</span></li>
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<p>Unless the first action is negated with 没有, using 更不用说 generally requires using 了 to emphasize that the speaker is adding his/her own comment.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="&quot;Let_alone&quot;_with_&quot;bie_shuo&quot;" title="wikilink">&quot;Let alone&quot; with &quot;bie shuo&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="&quot;Let_Alone&quot;_with_&quot;hekuang&quot;" title="wikilink">&quot;Let Alone&quot; with &quot;hekuang&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="Uses_of_le" title="wikilink">Uses of le</a></li>
<li><a href="Expressing_&quot;Even&quot;_with_&quot;lian&quot;_and_&quot;dou&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing &quot;Even&quot; with &quot;lian&quot; and &quot;dou&quot;</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>
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<p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p>