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Where is the verb-object collocation error in 老板很赏识李朝阳温文尔雅的风度和丰富的知识，对他十分器重?
This is a 语病 question from HSK6 Standard Course (p.93 photo of original):
老板很赏识李朝阳温文尔雅的风度和丰富的知识，对他十分器重。
The corrections are:
动词和宾语搭配不当。
李朝阳有着温文尔雅的风度和丰富的知识，老板很赏识他，对他十分器重。
There is only one verb ...
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Repetition of the first verb (separable verbs)
I am learning Chinese and I have a question about separable verbs. I understand that separable verbs are verbs that can be split by an object or a complement, such as 看书 (read a book) or 看见 (see). ...
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Is 这部电影非常精彩，我很推荐 grammatical, despite the verb 推荐 lacking an object?
这部电影非常精彩，我很推荐。
This movie is brilliant and I highly recommend it.
At the Glen Waverley library (Melbourne), they have some Chinese study classes, and the above is from their notes. I was surprised ...
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Is 看上去(他们找到了新的游戏场所) an impersonal sentence (a proposition without a subject)?
I’m trying to do the analysis of the sentence 看上去他们找到了新的游戏场所. I thought that 看上去 was the verb of the impersonal sentence, and that the object was the subordinate 他们找到了新的游戏场所, but I can’t find anything ...
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How can I parse 购房贷款 in 他向银行申请了购房贷款。?
他向银行申请了购房贷款。
He applied for a purchase loan from the bank.
The above translation has been gained from DeepL.
Currently I've been struggling for understanding 购房贷款 which is used in the original ...
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Is this 开会 only means "hold a meeting" of 今天有点儿冷,开会儿暖气吧。
今天有点儿冷,开会儿暖气吧。
I guess that 开会 here might have a meaning of "turn on a switch" or kind of like that.
But as I looked up several dictionaries then I was only able to find a definition "...
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他一叠声应着 How does 叠 work here?
for 他一叠声应着
I know what yidiesheng means repeat the sound, but I just wanted to know the structure is die a measure word here? A pile of sounds? It doesn't actually say anything like that in the ...
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What verbs are abbreviated "FV"?
I'm learning Mandarin from the New Practical Chinese textbook series by Taipei Language Institute Press, and there are a few mentions of "FVs" as follows:
你去過台中沒有？ - Explanation: 過 is ...
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Use of 要...(了) to indicate future
This is a question about the use of 要 yào as a verb to indicate immediate future ('going to') and its common complementation by 了 le.
要 is a confusing word for learners because of its various meanings....
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Why can't I use "可不可以" to ask whether you can go to the company tomorrow?
An exercise in HelloChinese course asked to translate the following sentence to Mandarin Chinese: "Can you (singular) go to the company tomorrow?".
I answered "你明天可不可以去公司？", which ...
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What is the meaning/purpose of 一 in the following sentence?
水乌儿一抿翅膀
The waterbird tucked its wings.
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Talking about habits and the present time using 会
So far I have learned that 会 is used in order to refer to the future, and thus it is somewhat similar to English "will", like in the sentence:
明天你会来吗？
Will you come tomorrow?
But, I have ...
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Can 你去吧 be considered rude and what are some alternatives?
For example, if your classmate says he has to get home soon before it starts raining, and you want to support his decision, can you say “你去吧” ？In English one could say "Go, go!" But ...
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What is the difference between 过 and 度 in their meanings "to spend/pass (time)"?
Is there a general difference between the two?
There are two examples I have found:
度假
Is this interchangeable with 过假?
And the second
这个假期你打算怎么过？
Can this be exchanged with "...怎么度"?
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How does 给 change the verb meaning in 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看?
In the sentence 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看 , the intended meaning is, “One day the king showed his stories to a writer”. 看 by itself means to see or to look at. 给 is used as “to” but does this change the ...
