拿…来说 — “take … for example”
Pattern: 拿 A 来说，…
拿 A 来说 brings in a concrete example: 中国菜很有特点，拿饺子来说，每个地方的做法都不一样 “take dumplings, for example — every region makes them differently”.
Examples
| 1 | 拿我来说，我每天都要喝咖啡。 ná wǒ lái shuō wǒ měitiān dōu yào hē kāfēi Take me, for example — I have to have coffee every day. |
| 2 | 现在买东西很方便，拿网购来说，在家就能买。 xiànzài mǎi dōngxi hěn fāngbiàn ná wǎnggòu lái shuō zàijiā jiù néng mǎi Shopping is easy now — online shopping, for one, you can do from home. |
Explanations and examples by Zitou. Pinyin added automatically and checked.