Democracy

Woordenschat

• 民主democracy
• 公民citizen
• 既然…就…since… then…
• 不是…吗？isn't it… / surely
• 可见it can be seen that / clearly
• 言论自由freedom of speech
• 选举election
• 权利与义务rights and duties
• 参与to participate
• 监督to supervise / oversight
• 腐败corruption
• 透明度transparency
• 法治rule of law
• 公正justice / fairness

Uitdrukkingen

• 既然…就…To draw a logical conclusion from an accepted premise
• 可见To signal a conclusion that is evident from the evidence
• 不是…吗？To rhetorically reinforce an obvious civic duty or right
• 言论自由To discuss freedom of speech as a democratic value
• 公民参与To refer to civic participation
• 法治原则To invoke the rule of law
• 权利与义务并重To balance rights and responsibilities
• 制度改革To call for systemic reform

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗既然好，就做吧。
  ✓既然决定了，就应该全力以赴。

  既然…就… requires full clauses with subjects and predicates. Both parts need grammatical completeness.

• ✗可见，但是问题很严重。
  ✓可见问题相当严重。

  可见 draws a conclusion — do not add 但是 which would introduce a contrast. 可见 already implies the conclusion is significant.

• ✗不是公民都应该投票吗，所以我去了。
  ✓公民不是都应该投票吗？

  不是…吗 is a rhetorical question that does not need a follow-up cause-and-effect statement with 所以.

• ✗既然他不来，但是我们也继续。
  ✓既然他不来，我们就继续吧。

  Do not mix 既然…就… with 但是. 既然 sets a premise, 就 draws the conclusion — no additional contrast marker is needed.

• ✗法治是很可见重要的。
  ✓法治的重要性，由此可见一斑。

  可见 is a standalone connector and clause-opener. It cannot be inserted as an adjective modifier in the middle of a sentence.

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