Pros and cons

Vocabulário

• 优点advantage / strength
• 缺点disadvantage / weakness
• 好处benefit / good side
• 坏处drawback / bad side
• 主要main / primary
• 其次secondly / next
• 总体上overall / on the whole
• 不过however / but
• 虽然although / even though
• 但是but / however
• 另一方面on the other hand
• 权衡to weigh up / to balance

Expressões

• 不但便宜，而且质量好。Praising something for two qualities
• 虽然很难，但是值得学。Encouraging someone despite difficulty
• 一方面省钱，另一方面省时间。Presenting a double advantage
• 它的优点是方便，缺点是贵。Stating pros and cons directly
• 总体上来说，好处更多。Giving an overall positive verdict
• 我权衡了一下，还是支持。After weighing up, giving support

Erros frequentes

• ✗但是虽然有优点，也有缺点。
  ✓虽然有优点，但是也有缺点。

  虽然 must start the concession clause, 但是 begins the main clause — never swap their order.

• ✗不但好，而且。
  ✓不但好，而且很实用。

  而且 must be followed by a complete idea — do not leave it dangling without content.

• ✗它的优点贵。
  ✓它的缺点是贵。

  贵 (expensive) is a drawback, not an advantage — use 缺点 here.

• ✗一方面省钱，一方面省时间。
  ✓一方面省钱，另一方面省时间。

  The second half needs 另一方面 (the other hand), not a repeated 一方面.

• ✗虽然但是很好。
  ✓虽然有困难，但是效果很好。

  虽然 and 但是 each need their own full clause — you cannot skip the content between them.

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