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形correct; right

♦ 你说得~。 What you said is right.

♦ 应当早做准备才~。 To make early preparations is the right thing to do.

叹(used in affirmative answers) yes; right

♦ ~, 我们一定完成任务。 Right, we will fulfil the task.

♦ ~, 我就去。 Yes, I'll go right away .

代书 this; that

♦ ~日天气晴朗。 It was fine that day.

♦ 由~可知 from this you can see

♦ 如~ like this

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1. (used like “be” before nouns or pronouns to identify, describe or amplify the subject)

♦ 我~个医生。 I am a doctor.

♦ 他真心爱的~你。 You are the girl he is truly in love with.

♦ 这小孩~白皮肤, 黄头发。 That child is a blond.

2. (used after nouns denoting place or position to express existence)

♦ 前面~一片稻田。 There is a stretch of rice fields ahead.

♦ 他满身~汗。 He is sweating all over.

♦ 遍地~鲜花。 The place is strewn with flowers.

3. (used with 的 at the end of the sentence, to indicate category, characteristic, etc.)

♦ 那儿的房屋~木头的。 The houses there are built of wood.

♦ 我~教书的。 I am a teacher.

4. (used before the subject to stress it)

♦ ~谁告诉你的？ Who told you?

♦ 花瓶~我妹妹摔破的。 It was my sister who broke the vase.

5. (used after a verb or adjective plus 的, to stress the predicate)

♦ 说的正~你。 It's you we are talking about.

♦ 麻烦的~他生病来不了。 The trouble is he's taken ill and can't come at all.

♦ 可惜的~把这么多时间全浪费了。 It's a pity we've wasted so much of our time.

6. used before the object, adverbial, etc. which is to be stressed

♦ 字写成这样, ~因为毛笔不好。 It was all because my brush was no good that I wrote the characters so poorly.

♦ 好好的一次郊游搞成这样子, 都~你! It was all your fault that the outing became such a flop.

7. pronounced with stress; used to indicate certainty

♦ 天气~冷。 It is cold indeed.

♦ 他的工作效率~高。 He is really efficient.

♦ 她~不知道。 Really she doesn't know.

♦ 他~去了。 He did go.

8. be just right

♦ 这场雨下的~时候。 This rain has come at just the right time.

♦ 工具放的不~地方。 The tools are not put in the right place.

9. (used before nouns at the beginning of the sentence, followed by 都 or 就) every; all; any

♦ ~什么种子, 就开什么花。 Each kind of seed produces its own flowers.

♦ ~什么样的老师, 就教出什么样的学生。 Like teacher, like student.

10. (used together with 就 or 总, to indicate actuality)

♦ 事实总~事实, 谁也否认不了的。 A fact is a fact, which no one can deny.

♦ 不懂就~不懂, 不要装懂。 If you don't know, there you stand. Don't pretend to know what you don't.

11. (used in a clause of concession)

♦ 这东西旧~旧, 可还能用。 Yes, it's old, but it can still be used.

♦ 诗~好诗, 就是长了点。 It is a good poem all right, but it's a bit too long.

12. (used in two parallel clauses to indicate mutual exclusiveness)

♦ 他~他, 我~我, 我们毫不相干。 He is he, I am I; we have nothing to do with each other.

13. (used in two or three parallel clauses to indicate thoroughness or excellence of performance)

♦ 他演得真好, 表情~表情, 身段~身段, 做功~做功。 He is a marvellous actor; his facial expressions, bodily movements and gesticulations are all the best that can be expected.

14. (used in yes-no questions)

♦ 你~不~明天去游泳？ or 你~明天去游泳不~？ Are you going swimming tomorrow?

15. (used in alternative questions)

♦ 你~累了还~病了？ Are you tired or ill?

♦ 你~坐火车呢, 还~坐汽车？ Are you going by train or by bus?