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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">因为⋯⋯，而⋯⋯</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">yīnwèi...ér...</span>) is another structure that can express cause and effect. It is used like this:</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

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    <div class="deux">Subj. +&#160;<span class="hanzist">因(为)</span>&#160;+ Cause +&#160;<span class="hanzist">而</span>&#160;+ Result</div>
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  <p>Sometimes,&#160;<span class="hanzi">因为</span>&#160;can be shortened to just&#160;<span class="hanzi">因</span>. This is used more in sentences that shorter and more succinct.</p>

  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我 因为 生病 而 请假。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Because I got sick, I asked for time off.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">欧洲 的 经济 因为 债务 危机 而 陷入 衰退。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Because Europe is suffering a debt crisis, it is falling into decline.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">首相 因为 受贿 丑闻 而 下 了 台。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Because the prime minister accepted bribes, he fell from power.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">伦敦 地铁 因 罢工 而 处于 瘫痪 状态。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Because of the London Metro strike, everything shut down.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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    <li><a href="Cause_and_effect_with_&quot;yinwei&quot;_and_&quot;suoyi&quot;" title="wikilink">Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Explaining_results_with_&quot;suoyi&quot;" title="wikilink">Explaining results with "suoyi"</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 5 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本5</span>) (pp. 92) </li>
  </ul>

  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: <a href="http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0235.html">Usage of 而</a></li>
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