而

（连接语意相承的成分）:

• 美丽而动人

  beautiful and moving;

• 取而代之

  take sb.'s or sth.'s place; replace [supersede] sb.;

• 战而胜之

  fight and defeat the enemy

（连接肯定和否定互相补充的成分）:

• 哀而不伤

  deeply felt but not sentimental;

• 华而不实

  flashy without substance;

• 有百利而无一害

  gain everything and lose nothing;

• 有其名而无其实

  in name but not in reality;

• 这颜色艳而不俗。

  This colour is bright but not garish.

（连接语意相反的成分， 表示转折）:

• 大而无当

  large but impractical; unwieldy

（连接事理上前后相因的成分）:

• 量力而行

  do what one's strength allows; act according to one's ability;

• 为民而死

  die for the people;

• 知难而退

  retreat before the impossible; beat a retreat in face of the difficulties;

• 疗效因人而异。

  The effect of the treatment varies with different individuals.

（表示“到”的意思）:

• 一而再， 再而三

  again and again; time and again;

• 由南而北

  from south to north;

• 自远而近

  approach from a distance

（把表示时间或方式的成分连接到动词上面）:

• 匆匆而来

  come hastening;

• 夺门而入

  force way into house;

• 盘旋而上

  spiral up

（插在主语谓语中间， 有“如果”的意思）:

• 当作家而不深入群众， 就不会写出好作品来。

  If a writer does not go deep among the masses, he cannot expect to turn out good works.