Language Course

企业税收Tax in China

Sentence Patterns and Grammatical Explanations

原有的会计准则基本上国际财务报告准则取代了。

Yuányǒu de kuàiji zhǔnzé jīběn shang bèi guójì cáiwù bàogào zhǔnzé qǔdài le.

The old Accounting Standards were largely replaced by International Financial Reporting Standards.

This is a passive sentence with the passive marker “被”, which is used to introduce the agent of an action, or to emphasize that the subject of the sentence is the recipient of an action. Here are some example sentences:

她被公司解雇了。

Tā bèi gōngsī jiěgù le.

She was fired by the company.

我被他骗了。

Wǒ bèi tā piàn le.

I was deceived by him.

S (recipient)O (agent) + V + other elements
bèi
公司解雇了。
gōngsī jiěgù le.
She was (by) the company fired.
bèi
他骗了。
tā piàn le.
I was (by) him deceived.
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