Complement "-huai le"

The degree complement -坏了 (-huài le) is a bit like the complement -死了, and can be used to mean "extremely" in both a a positive and a negative sense.

Structure

Adj. + 坏了

Negative connotation：通常这类形容词都包含不喜欢、不满意的意思。

大家都累坏了。Dàjiā dōu lèi huài le.Everyone was exhausted.
我早饭和中饭都没吃，饿坏了。Wǒ zǎofàn hé zhōngfàn dōu méi chī,è huài le.I didn't eat anything for breakfast or lunch. I'm starved to death.
发现爸爸又去赌钱了，妈妈气坏了。Fāxiàn bàba yòu qù dǔqián le, māmā qì huài le.Discovering the father went gambling again, the mother was incensed.
孩子不见了，妈妈急坏了。Háizi bùjiàn le, māmā jí huài le.The child is missing. The mother is worried to death.
一个男人突然拿出一把枪，乘客们都吓坏了。Yīgè nánrén túrán ná chū yī bǎ qiāng, chéngkèmen dōu xià huài le.A man took out a gun all of a sudden and the passengers were scared to death.
你一晚上没有给我打电话，我担心坏了。
面试官太严肃了，我都要紧张坏了。

Positive connotation：少数表示积极、愉快的形容词也可以。

听到这个好消息，大家都高兴坏了。Tīng dào zhège hǎo xiāoxī, dàjiā dōu gāoxìng huài le.Everyone were thrilled to hear the good news.
这个笑话让我们都乐坏了。Zhège xiàohuà ràng wǒmen dōu lè huài le.We really got a kick out of this joke.
她终于买到了演唱会的门票，把她激动坏了。

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