由此

yóucǐ

adverb HSK 5 #10,685

Meanings

From this point — leading to a consequence or conclusion.

由此可见，教育非常重要。

Yóucǐkějiàn, jiàoyù fēicháng zhòngyào.

From this we can see that education is very important.

两人由此产生了矛盾。

Liǎng rén yóucǐ chǎnshēng le máodùn.

A conflict arose between the two as a result.

由此看来，他说的是对的。

Yóucǐ kànlái, tā shuō de shì duì de.

Seen from this angle, what he said is right.

usage

由此可见 ('from this it can be seen') is a very common set phrase used to draw conclusions, especially in essays and formal speech.

由此 is relatively formal/written. In casual speech, people would more often say 所以 (suǒyǐ) or 因此 (yīncǐ).

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