形合（Hypotaxis）syntactical subordination of clause etc. by the use of connectives.
意合 (Parataxis) coordination of clauses,etc. in succession without connectives.
The insect nibbles the green leaves.
The toad eats the insect that nibbles the green leaves.
The snake catches the toad that eats the insect that nibbles the green grass.
蛇吃癞蛤蟆，癞蛤蟆吃虫子，虫子吃绿叶。
枯藤老树昏鸦
小桥流水人家
古道西风瘦马
夕阳西下
断肠人在天涯 （意合）
例句：
1． The boy, who was crying as if his heart would break, said, when I spoke to him, that he was very hungry, because he had no food for two days.
那个男孩哭得似乎心碎了，当我问他时，他说他已有两天没吃东西了，实在饿极了。
2.If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always.
施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
3.Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
物不如新，人不如旧。
4． It was an old woman .tall and shapely still, though withered by time, on which his eyes fell when he stopped and turned.
他站住，转过身来，定睛一看，原来是个年迈的妇女。她身材修长，虽受岁月折磨而显得憔悴，但风韵犹存。