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Criticize, Name, or Choose Someone例 · 老师表扬他做得好

The class votes for a new chair, and the winner now has a job to do. In these pivot sentences, the person after the first verb becomes part of the next action: someone praises the student for winning, names a child, or elects a chair. The next verb phrase shows the role they step into.

老师表扬他做得好。
lǎoshī biǎoyáng tā zuò de hǎo。
The teacher praised him for doing well.
一些人批评了我们的决定。
yìxiē rén pīpíng le wǒmen de juédìng。
Some people criticized our decision.
我叫他来的。
wǒ jiào tā lái de。
I told him to come.
请称一下。
qǐng chēng yíxià。
Please weigh it.

Vocabulary

ChineseEnglish
biǎoyáng
to praise; commend
pīpíng
to criticize
jiào
to be called; to call
chēng
to weigh; to call
shuō
to speak; say
shōu
to receive; accept
xuǎn
to choose; select
zuò
to do; make
wèi
for; for the sake of
dāng
to serve as; when
shì
to be (am, is, are)
yīxiē
some
juédìng
to decide; decision
wǒmen
we; us
lǎoshī
teacher
ānpái
to arrange; plan
bǎo'ān
security guard
gèrén
individual; personal
zhǐchū
to point out
chéngchē
to ride a vehicle

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