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尚且…何况…

shàngqiě … hékuàng …

1. correlative conjunction even … let alone … (尚且 gives the weaker case, 何况 the stronger one)

   老人尚且能爬上去，何况年轻人。

   Lǎorén shàngqiě néng pá shàngqù, hékuàng niánqīngrén.

   Even the elderly can climb up, let alone young people.

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