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Measure words can be reduplicated to act as a sentence element. This has the meaning of 'every'.
Used after numerals or demonstrative pronouns.
If the number is just one, it can be omitted; just the measure word is OK.
半 before measure word means "half of". 半 after measure word means "... and a half"
多 and measure words
- 多 in between numeral and measure word e.g. 十多个 means more than the number given but less than the next whole number. Like 'odd' in English e.g. "thirty-odd".
- 多 after the measure word simply means more than the number given
Most measure words are single characters, but not all (need list of two-character measure words)

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-*我 有 一 <em>只</em> 小 狗。
+*我 有 一 <em>只</em> 小 狗。<span class="trans">I have one small dog.</span>
-*我 给 了 小 狗 一 <em>个</em> <strong>半</strong> 面包。
+*我 给 了 小 狗 一 <em>个</em> <strong>半</strong> 面包。<span class="trans">I gave the small dog one and a half pieces of bread.</span>
-*小狗 吃 了 <strong>半</strong> <em>根</em> 香肠。
+*小狗 吃 了 <strong>半</strong> <em>根</em> 香肠。<span class="trans">The small dog ate half of a sausage.</span>
-*冰箱 里 只 有 两 <em>块</em> 奶酪。
+*冰箱 里 只 有 两 <em>块</em> 奶酪。<span class="trans">There are only two pieces of cheese in the refrigerator.</span>
-*我 很 饿，吃 了 很 大 一 <em>条</em> 鱼。
+*我 很 饿，吃 了 很 大 一 <em>条</em> 鱼。<span class="trans">I'm hungry. I could eat a whole fish.</span>
-*我 看 到 一 <em>辆</em> 红色 的 法拉利。
+*我 看 到 一 <em>辆</em> 红色 的 法拉利。<span class="trans">I saw a red Ferrari.</span>
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