Chinese uses &quot;is&quot; much more rarely than english.
And that&#x27;s something it takes a while to get used to.<p>For example 中國很大 (&quot;China is very big&quot;, literally &quot;China very big&quot;)<p>But for a while you&#x27;ll be tempted to add an &quot;is&quot; in there.<p>In fact you can use an &quot;is&quot; to change the emphasis.<p>Eg. &quot;中國是很大的&quot; (literally &quot;China is very big <i>adjective modifier</i>&quot;)