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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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On what basis are word classes in Chinese defined?
Since Chinese words are non-inflecting, word classes in Chinese have to be defined based on syntactic behaviour: "verbs" are words that behave like verbs in a sentence (i.e., can fill the ...
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Is there a relationship between the word 以为 and the grammar structure 以…为?
We have the word:
CC-CEDICT: 以为 (yǐwéi) to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current ...
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How does 覆盖着 work grammatically, given that A覆盖着B sometimes means "A covers B" and sometimes means "B covers A"?
CC-CEDICT: 覆盖 (fùgài) to cover
I've noticed a discrepancy with the usage of 覆盖着 such as in:
[A covers B] 积雪覆盖着森林 (snow covers the forest) [Google]
[B covers A] 草覆盖着露水 (the grass is covered by dew) ...
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What is the function of 得 in words like 覺得、記得、顯得、值得、懂得、免得、認得…?
First of all, does 得 have the same meaning in those examples?
I'm familiar with 得 in other senses like 得到 and 聽得見, but those meanings seem distant.
Is it more related to usage like “我唱得不好”? The main ...
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Why is 来 used in "因为‘东西’一般不能用来表示人"?
Why is 来 used in the following sentence? For some context, this is a line from a text used in the second workbook of the New Practical Chinese Reader series (pg. 93). In the text a teacher is ...
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抱有 vs 摆有: When does a serial verb become a word?
Observation:
保有财产; 抱有好感; 怀有敌意; 他俩育有一子; 学校设有音乐课; 杯子留有指纹
Bi-syllabic verbal compounds like those in bold above are sometimes treated as words (insofar as I found them all listed as "entries/...
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What is the difference between 大学的二年级学生 and 大学二年级的学生?
My mom says 大学二年级的学生 is correct, but I don't understand how the other one is wrong. I believe both convey the same meaning. Is one wrong because of syntax?
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在 in front of the nouns like tomorrow or exact dates and time
Do we need to put 在 before 明天 三点钟 星期五 in such sentences like 早在八月我们就开发了一个愿型，or 我是在1997年喜欢上汉语 or 我在八月到的上海?
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Meaning of 上 as Result Complement
I look up in youdao and it says meanings of 上 as below :
(1) from the high position looking down: 登上山顶, 爬上河堤
(2) presents the result of the action: 穿上外衣, 没吃上饭
(3) presents the beginning and ...
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Is my sentence 如果没时间的话就告诉我 grammatically correct?
I am not sure that my sentence:
如果没时间的话就告诉我
is grammatically correct or not. So please guide me, have I used the right words?
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What is the function of 就是
What does 就 是mean and how do we use it I have seen many times people using like in this sentence 就是关于爱情的 so what does 就是really means
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what do 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?
The Chinese word of 형편 (situation) in Korean is 形便.
Can anyone explain what 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?
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part of speech - "微" 管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。
What is the part of speech of 微 in the following? A dictionary says it's a verb while others say it's an adverb. Do these claims hold water?
微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。
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What kind of words can be followed by the character 感？
For example:
正义感
使命感
厚重感
But some sound weird to me, as 意义感.
Is there a rule?
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