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How can 坚强 be used after 选择 in this term "选择坚强和希望"?
I recently came across this term "选择坚强和希望" and I wonder how 坚强 is used here. In every single dictionary I have searched 坚强 is an adjective, so how can an adjective be used after 选择 (to ...
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Is 到 in 他白到耀眼 a Coverb Or Just A Verb?
When 到 comes after an adjective like 他白到耀眼, is the 到 a verb or a preposition? I know it means to the extent of.
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Is 的 Here An Emphasis or Just A Nominalization
我觉得这句话哪里怪怪的
I guess 的 can be nominalizing since it would be something weird. But every time I see 的 by itself at the end of a ssntemce I struggle to tell whether or not it's emphasizing since I'vs ...
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Most common way of saying 'X is red'
What is the most common way to say that 'something is red' (or any other colour)?
I ask this because grammar books (for example, Yip Po-ching and Don Rimmington's Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar) ...
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Why doesn't 真的, when used as an adverb, use 地？ [duplicate]
地 turns an adjective into an adverb: I run quickly = 我快地跑
的 turns an adjective into a noun-phrase: the quick one = 快的
(2) holds true for the adjective 真："哪张照片是真的?" = Which photo is the real ...
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Parsing "的" as adjective suffix?
判断学校好坏的标准有很多，不过我��为老师的水平的最主要的。
I've interpreted above sentence as follows using ungrammatical English for reading Chinese with ease.
Judging a school's good points and bad points 's criteria there ...
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How would you translate: Be sure to bring enough water
够，enough, is a kind of adjective that can only be used as a predicate, not as a modifier.
水够了 is "The water is enough" -- here it is used as a predicate.
We cannot say, however: 够水， using 够 ...
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What is the structure of 这个道服好羞人?
I just bumped into this apparently simple sentence, but I cannot figure out what it means.
这个道服好羞人
Why there is 人 at the end of the sentence if it doesn't have any reason to be there?
In addition 道人 ...
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Using 的 to specify qualities
I've read a grammar tip about 的 which I'm not sure I've completely understood (it's on page 7 here, if you can read Italian). It talks about using 的 to specify a quality.
An example is: 意大利的人 is ...
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是+...+的 structure in describing colours
I have read that the 是+...+的 structure is used for emphasis. I wonder in sentences describing colours like 这辆车是红色的, is the 是+...+的 structure used for emphasis too?
What kind of 是+...+的 is this? Is 的 ...
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What is the meaning of 再 before adjectives?
What is the meaning of 再 before adjectives as in these examples:
“再普通的小事经过她的嘴都可能变得很有意思。”
“一个人即使能力再高，经验再丰富，如果对工作没有责任心，也很难把工作做好。”
I was told that 再 in the first sentence is similiar to 无论 so the whole ...
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When does an adjective require 的 to describe a noun?
In this post on the omission of the possessive 的，I came across an explanation of the adjective suffix 的 by Tang Ho. An example was:
强大勇敢 (brave + strong) = correct without 的
强大勇敢的人 (brave and strong ...
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Standard Chinese translation of "I'm not a bad person"
I'm trying to translate "I'm not a bad person" to standard Chinese. I am told the following:
There are also two ways to say "A isn't B". When B is a noun (things, people, places, etc.), use bú shì.
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Adverbs of degree with reduplicated adjective phrases?
Why is it not necessary to use 很 (or other adverbs of degree) to link nouns and adjectives when you reduplicate the adjective, and instead use a 的 after the adjective?
For example:
你的女朋友高高的。
她们漂漂亮亮的。
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Shi / Hen for adjective + noun when discussing facts or perceived facts
There are the simplified rules about never using "shi" to link an adjective with a noun. However, I believe this is not true for facts or perceived facts, such as colors, then I should use "shi" to ...
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