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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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-*请 你 再 说 一 <em>遍</em>。
-*我 到 上海 两 <em>次</em> 了。
+*每天 给 孩子 一 <em>块</em> 钱。
-*一 个 晚上 去 了 三 <em>趟</em> 厕所。
+*你 应该 再 给 我 两 <em>元</em> 。
-*今天 有 两 <em>场</em> 比赛。
+*我 给 你 10元，你 应该 找 我 5 <em>角</em> 。
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