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Doing something more with "duo"
... "eat ''more''," "drink ''more'' beer," and "I need to exercise ''more''." Notice that in every one of these cases, the word "more" (equivalent to this ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... ma? 你看到那个帅哥了吗？ Nǐ kàndào nàge shuàigē le ma?Did you see that handsome guy? 我看见了。 We didn't say what "I" saw; you have to infer it from ...

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Result complement "-wan" for finishing
... 我完了电影。Wǒ wán le diànyǐng. 我看完了电影。To tell us that you watched it till the end.Wǒ kàn wán le diànyǐng.I finished watching the movie. See also ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Descriptive complement
... use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地, since they could be pronounced as a neutral ...

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Change of state with "le"
... completed , which is also known as "了1." However, this article is not about that use of 了 (le); instead, it is about indicating a ''change of state'' ...

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Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua"
... between 如果 and 的话. Fuller Pattern Structure 如果 ⋯⋯ 的话，(就) ⋯⋯ Note that 就 (jiù) is often optional. For more on using 如果 with 就, check out ...

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Using "dui" with verbs
... you shouldn't be plugging in just any old verb here; the ones that work with 对 are limited. Examples 宝宝对我笑了。Bǎobao duì wǒ xiào le.The ...

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Sequencing past events with "houlai"
... tā huì lái, hòulái yòu shuō bù lái le.He said he would come, but later he said that he's not coming. 他们上周吵架了，后来和好了。Tāmen shàng zhōu chǎojià ...

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Expressing "towards" with "xiang"
... towards a reference point but doesn't have any actual motion towards that point. 向 + Direction / Person + Verb Examples 向东走。Xiàng dōng ...

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Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
... 见客户。Wǒ xiànzài qù chīfàn, zhīhòu qù jiàn kèhù.I'm going to eat now. After that I will go meet a client. Slight Differences between 之前/之后 and 以前/以 ...

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Expressing "even" with "shenzhi"
... add further emphasis. The noun being emphasized is the "surprising" one or one that is the most "extreme." Noun or Group of Nouns + 甚至 + Emphasized ...

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Expressing "if… then…" with "yaoshi"
... 你要再说，我真生气了。Nǐ yào zàishuō, wǒ zhēn shēngqì le.If you keep talking that way, I'm really gonna get angry. 他要不听，我也没办法。Tā yào bù tīng, wǒ ...

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Expressing "over and over again" with "zaisan"
... Tā zàisān biǎoshì bù huì cānjiā xià yī jiè de Àoyùnhuì.He has repeatedly indicated that he will not participate in the next Olympic Games. 我已经再三告 ...

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Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... Pattern Structure This structure is what you'll often see in news stories that use statistics. The word 占 (zhàn) is a bit more formal, and ...

4 KB (650 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing "along with…" with "suizhe"
... 随着 + Noun + Verb Phrase Examples 随着 is one of those words that can have a wide range of translations, all highly dependent upon the context. 树 ...

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Limiting scope with "jiu"
... xìjié háishì yào zhùyì.As a whole, the painting is not bad, but there are some details that need attention. 就这些事情来说，他没有错。Jiù zhèxiē shìqing lái ...

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Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
... ''doing'' something, and is often placed before a verb or a verb phrase. Note that it is used to describe whether an action is worth it and cannot be ...

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Expressing the only two possibilities
... 服不是 LV 就是 Gucci！Tā chuān de yīfu bù shì LV jiùshì Gucci If the clothes that she wears aren't Louis Vuitton, then they're Gucci 不是你就是他干的，别人一 ...

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Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... halt." These verbs are limited. 站住！Zhànzhù Stop 抓住那个小偷！Zhuāzhù nàge xiǎotōu Catch that thief 不好意思，你挡住了我的路。Bù hǎoyìsi, nǐ dǎngzhù le wǒ ...

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Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... can be used in two ways, the first of which where 何况 is used to emphasize that if A is like this, then B must be even more so. Examples 这句话 ...

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Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
... at a restaurant or a shop. Here, it's being used for saying that you want ''something.'' Structure Subj. + 要 + Noun Examples 你要什 ...

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