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1. (用在定语的后面) (used after an attribute)

♦ 铁~纪律 iron discipline

♦ 已经站起来~中国人民 the Chinese people who have stood up

♦ 我~母亲 my mother

2. (used to form a noun phrase or nominal expression)

♦ 赶大车~ a carter

♦ 我爱吃辣~。 I like hot ( or peppery) food.

♦ 无缘无故~, 你着什么急？ why do you get excited for no reason at all?

♦ 这里用不着你, 你只管睡你~去。 We don't need you here. You just go to bed.

3. (used after a verb or between a verb and its object to stress an element of the sentence)

♦ 谁买~？ Who bought it?

♦ 你嗓子怎么哑了？—唱~。 Why are you so hoarse?— From singing.

4. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

♦ 你们这两天真够辛苦~。 You've really been working hard the past few days.

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的[dí]
形true; really

♦ 的确

名口 taxi
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的[dì]
名target; bull's-eye

♦ 目的

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