LEARN + CHINESE / 94 of 300 HSK 3
Tired to Death 得很
At the end of a busy day, you might say the food was delicious, explain that you read the menu twice, and mention that you waited ten minutes. Chinese uses different complements to say how strongly you feel, how many times an action happened, and how long it lasted. When the action has an object, place that object before the repeated-action phrase: 这本书我看了两遍。
她的英语好极了。
tā de Yīngyǔ hǎo jí le。
Her English is excellent.
大家排得很齐。
dàjiā pái de hěn qí。
Everyone is lined up neatly.
这本书我看了两遍，终于看懂了。
zhè běn shū wǒ kàn le liǎng biàn, zhōngyú kàn dǒng le.
I read this book twice and finally understood it.
好天气持续了三天。
hǎo tiānqì chíxù le sān tiān。
The good weather lasted three days.
我跑了一个小时，身上暖和多了。
wǒ pǎo le yí ge xiǎoshí， shēnshang nuǎnhuo duō le。
After running for an hour, I felt much warmer.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
hǎo jíle | excellent; wonderful |
de hěn | very; extremely (after a verb or adjective) |
páiduì | to line up |
zhěngqí | neat; orderly |
zhè běn shū | this book |
kàn | to read; to look at |
liǎng biàn | twice; two times through |
kàn dǒng | to understand by reading |
zhōngyú | finally |
cìshù | number of times |
pǎo | to run |
pǎo de kuài | to run fast |
děng | to wait |
bàn xiǎoshí | half an hour |
chíxù | to last; continue |
sān tiān | three days |
xiǎoshí | hour |
tiānqì | weather |
nuǎnhuo | warm |
shūfu | comfortable |
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