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What's the meaning of the last part of this passage?
在 《影》 的写意镜头里，中国文化符号是晕染竹林烟雨，是八卦太极阴阳，其中的极致反差对比与冷凝窒息感，将片中角色的情感外化与人物的情绪内收双线合一.
I don't understand the meaning of "其中的极致反差对比与冷凝窒息感，将片中角色的情感外化与人物的情绪内收双线合一". Could somebody please explain?
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Can 他给它吃掉 mean both "he ate it" and "it ate him"?
他给它吃掉。 (男人给苹果吃掉。）
Normally, we'd interpret this as meaning "he ate it". However, 给 can also be equivalent to the passive 被:
CC-CEDICT 给 (gěi) to / for / for the benefit of / to give / ...
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Help understand this 却少了抬头看路，少了思考、总结这一重要的步骤？
“那是为了让我们的灵魂，能够追得上我们赶了三天路的疲劳的身体。”
多么富有哲理的话！在这个提倡和鼓励竞争的时代，我们常常只顾低头拉车，却少了抬头看路，少了思考、总结这一重要的步骤。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 26. I need your help for understanding this 却少了抬头看路，...
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What is the function of 可 here: 他可不敢得罪?
二来，会因为费用增加而让投资人不高兴，至于这部影片的投资人，可是一位大人物，他可不敢得罪。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 26. What is the function (and the meaning) of 可 here: 他可不敢得罪? I ask because for me the sentence ...
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What is the difference between 所 and 被 in passive voice?
假如借走回家看，则每本每天2分钱，挑好书后交给摊主，摊主仔细地将租书人的姓名、地址和所借小人书的书名登记在本子上，收了租金就可以拿走了，...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 20. What is the difference between 所 and 被 in passive voice? Some ...
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What is the difference between the classifiers 册 and 本?
租借小人书很便宜，在摊里看，每册1分钱，选好书坐下就看，看完连书带钱交给摊主；假如借走回家看，则每本每天2分钱，挑好书后交给摊主，...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. What is the difference between the classifiers 册 and 本?
在摊里看，每册1分钱
在摊里看，...
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Help understand this: 每本小人书都用牛皮纸加了层封皮，封皮上用毛笔写上书名
为了减少损坏程度，每本小人书都用牛皮纸加了层封皮，封皮上用毛笔写上书名，整齐漂亮的毛笔字能充分地显示出书摊主人的文化水平。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. I need your help in understanding this: 每本小人书都用牛皮纸加了层封皮，封皮上用毛笔写上书名,...
Actually ...
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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
1994年，理查德得了心脏病，当时医生说他剩下的时间可能不多了。那时，他开始思考自己的人生，“我该怎么办？ 我该做什么？”
This is from the Standard Book of HSK5, section 21.
I am in this point:
我(I)该(should)怎么(what)办(do)？ 我(I)该(should)做(do)什么(what)？
So what is ...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
“知识” 两个字我始终认为它是要分开来谈的，“知” 就���知感，“识” 就是认识。所谓 “知感” 就是别人告诉你、说给你听、要求你记住的那一部分。但只有这一部分是不够的，还要有认识、思考。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 22.
I would appreciate if you explain the ...
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What does 抢高 mean?
Example: 在求过于供下，自然抢高租金，一有放盘就会大排长龙。
Obviously it involves raising the price.
Who is the subject here? Is it the landlords who rob (抢) the tenants by raising (高) the price, or the renters who rush and ...
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If 为, meaning 'for...', takes the reading [wèi] why, in the following examples, is [wéi] being used?
I had learned that 为 'for the purpose/sake of' took the reading 'wèi'. However, I have seen several instances of 'wéi' being used to mean the same thing. Are these readings interchangeable or is 'wéi' ...
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Why does "每天我都得吃药 Měitiān wǒ dū dé chī yào" include "dū"?
From my understanding 每天我都得吃药 (Měitiān wǒ dū dé chī yào)
都 = All, both, entirely etc.
So my understanding of the English translation would be "Everyday I have to take medicine"
Also I know &...
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Parsing "的" as adjective suffix?
判断学校好坏的标准有很多，不过我认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 does 含金量非常得高 work?
学历教育与非学历教育的区别是学历教育的社会认可度比较高，一般来说在学校进行的全日制的教育方式以及成人继续教育这种国家发放学历证书的就是学历教育，其毕业的时候所获得的毕业证书和学位证书在现在的社会上认可度更高，在放到什么地方都能适用的，这也是很多人在接受教育的时候愿意选择的教育方式，含金量非常得高。
学历教育与非学历教育的区别是什么, Beiwai Online, 2018.
The above-...
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How should I parse 整个候选人赛14盘比赛?
In (international) chess news regarding next year's word championship:
整个候选人赛14盘比赛，丁立人低开高走，前8盘战绩仅为1负7和，后6盘则是4胜1和1负。
孙海光, 首获男子国象世界冠军战资格，丁立人有信心捅破“窗户纸”丨专访, September 2022.
It's referring to the ...
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