Home Chinese Grammar Grammar Points Grammar point: paired conjunctions Patterns where the first half sets up the second, such as 一…就 (yī…jiù) and 除了…以外 (chúle…yǐwài). 除了…以外 (chúle…yǐwài) in Chinese grammar: apart from, except, in addition The 要是…就 (yàoshi…jiù) construction in Chinese grammar The 一 ... 就 pattern in Chinese grammar (yī ... jiù): as soon as, once, whenever