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No One Needs to Name Who Did It例 · 这本小说卖得特别好

The room is ready, the problem is solved, and the new novel has sold out. When the result matters more than who caused it, Chinese can put the affected thing first and leave the doer unsaid. Context fills in the rest.

这本小说卖得特别好，已经加印了两次。
zhè běn xiǎoshuō mài de tèbié hǎo, yǐjīng jiāyìn le liǎng cì.
This novel is selling very well; it has already been reprinted twice.
这个问题已经解决了，大家可以放心。
zhège wèntí yǐjīng jiějué le, dàjiā kěyǐ fàngxīn.
The problem has been solved; everyone can relax.
房间收拾好了，新客人马上就能住进来。
fángjiān shōushi hǎo le, xīn kèrén mǎshàng jiù néng zhù jìnlai.
The room is ready, so the next guest can move in right away.
Hint · 힌트
Here the sentence subject is the thing affected: the novel is sold, the problem gets solved, and the room gets cleaned. With an implied passive, the context supplies the action’s doer, so no 被 phrase is needed.

Vocabulary

ChineseEnglish
xiǎoshuō
novel
mài de hǎo
to sell well
jiāyìn
to reprint
wèntí
problem; question
jiějué
to solve; resolve
fàngxīn
to feel relieved
fángjiān
room
shōushi hǎo
to have tidied up; ready
kèrén
guest
zhù jìnlai
to move in
bèipò
to be forced
fēngbì
to close off; be sealed
hūshì
to ignore; overlook
lièrù
to include in a list
lièwéi
to classify as
lùqǔ
to admit; accept
pāimài
to auction
pìnrèn
to appoint; employ
píngdìng
to assess; rate
chàngxiāo
to sell briskly; best-selling

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