Wáng Shān王山
bú zhù不住
xué xiào学校
，zhù住
zì jǐ jiā自己家
。Wang Shan does not live at school; he lives at his own home.
Tā jiā他家
lí离
xué xiào学校
bù yuǎn不远
，jiù就
zài在
xué xiào学校
fù jìn附近
。His home is not far from the school — it is right nearby.
Chū le出了
xué xiào学校
wǎng yòu guǎi往右拐
，rán hòu然后
yì zhí一直
wǎng qián zǒu往前走
，jiù就
dào到
Wáng Shān jiā le王山家了
。Come out of the school, turn right, then keep going straight and you reach Wang Shan’s home.
Cóng从
Wáng Shān jiā王山家
dào到
xué xiào学校
zǒu lù走路
shí wǔ fēn zhōng15分钟
。It is a fifteen-minute walk from Wang Shan’s home to the school.
Nǐ jiā你家
lí离
xué xiào学校
yuǎn ma远吗
？Is your home far from the school?
Qù去
xué xiào学校
zěn me zǒu怎么走
？How do you get to the school?
Take a step forward
Usage of 离…远 / 近 (lí… yuǎn / jìn)
Meaning: Far from / close to.
Context: States how near or far one place is from another.
Structure:
A + 离 + B + 近 / 远
Note: both places come first and the adjective goes last — 我家离远学校 is wrong; 我家离学校远 is right. 不 and 很 attach to 近 / 远, never to 离.
- • 他家离学校不远。
(His home is not far from the school. / From Text) - • 我家离公司很近。
(My home is very close to the office.) - • 银行离火车站不近。
(The bank is not close to the train station.)
Usage of 就 (jiù)
Meaning: Right / exactly — or “and then”.
Context: This passage uses 就 in both of its everyday senses: pinning down a location, and linking one action to the next.
Structure:
就 + 在 + Place | Action A，就 + Action B
Note: either way, 就 stands directly before the predicate. With a place it means right there (就在学校附近); between two actions it means and then straight away (一直走，就到了).
- • 他家离学校不远，就在学校附近。
(His home is not far from the school — right nearby. / From Text) - • 老师的办公室就在三楼。
(The teacher’s office is right on the third floor.) - • 下了课我们就去图书馆。
(As soon as class ends we head to the library.)