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I've been watching the popular TV series 'Shine on Me' 《骄阳似我》recently. In the drama, the female lead falls from the second floor and is saved by the male lead. Later, she sends him a text message that ...
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Is this just common phrasing without clear reason, or is there a grammatical rule I'm missing here? I feel like 洗個澡 should sound like "take a shower" and "洗澡" would be more like &...
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I'm trying to understand the various ways in which we can express that something has happened in the immediate past in Chinese. In English, the verbal construction for this involves the use of the ...
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This is how google translates "The boy grabbed at the frog but it jumped away". Now the English clearly CAN mean (and usually would be taken to mean) that he either did not reach the frog ...
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This is from a dictionary of English for Chinese learners trying to explain what GRAB AT means. I would like to know whether this actually means (like the English) that the boy TRIED to catch the ...
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1.我今天要從大學回家了。 2.我今天會從大學回家。 Both of the sentences indicate that the person hasn't returned home yet, and the act of returning home will take place in the future; so I was wondering what's the ...
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Context: 警察过来跟我说不可以在桥上看比赛。所以我需要去桥下找一个可以看比赛的地方。我心里是不愿意的, 因为桥下这个时候已经有很多人了。 This was from a vlog where the person talking about their day during the dragon boat festival in China. I'm trying to ...
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她的眼镜太脏，看不清楚黑板。 Her glasses are dirty, [so she] cannot see the blackboard. 妈妈的手机没电，打不了电话。 Mother's phone is out of battery, [so she] cannot make phone calls. 他的外套湿了，冷得直打哆嗦。 His coat was wet, [so he] ...
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Clozemaster has this sentence: 对五岁的孩子来说，他非常聪明。 He's very smart for a five-year-old. This is a unfamiliar usage of the grammar structure 对……来说 for me, and I'm unsure if it's correct, ambiguous, ...
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I find this sentence from a Flexi Classes's blog. Does this sentence, mixing 既 with 并且, sound natural？I've only found articles about 既...又/也... or 并且, but haven't found any usage notes about mixing 既 ...
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In the textbook I am currently using (來!學華語 - 2), in the chapter that introduces the [如果 ... 就 ....] expression, there are the following examples: - (1)如果您點一個雞肉三明治,我們就送您一杯飲料。 (2)明文如果要請我吃晚飯,我就一定去。 (3)...
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I came across a sentence while doing a grammar exercise about 定语. This exercise's prompt is to underline and correct a grammar mistake in each sentence. Original sentence: 这里的高楼的大厦高级了. Corrected ...
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I was using Clozemaster and encountered: 现在开始会议。 Start the meeting now. This was surprising, because I don't recall seeing 开始 used transitively with a noun as an object (although there may be rare ...
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In the phrase "太厉害了我" why the pronoun 我 comes at the end? What's the difference between a.太厉害了我! b.我太厉害了!
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I already know that 希望 as a verb, has different meanings. Like, to hope to wish to expect Naturally, you would expect by adding 不 to 希望 it would mean: don't hope don't wish don't expect But I ...
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