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| Indicates the aspect or place (which may not be a physical plane) on which an action focuses. |
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| They spend money on their children |
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| Children spend time on their studies. |
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| My father concentrates his energy on his work. |
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| An action occurring repeatedly. |
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| Sons and daughters push the responsibility onto each other, and none of them is willing to take care of their elderly parents. |
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| He read this book again and again, but still couldn't understand what it was about. |
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| The mother asked her son again and again, but stil couldn't find out who his girlfriend was. |
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| who, what, where, when. When used in conjunction with 也 or 都 means that there is no exception. |
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| The sons and daughters push responsibility onto each other, and no one is willing to take care of their sick elderly parents. |
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| No one is allowed to drink before he/she is twenty one years old. |
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| Everyone must come to the meeting tomorrow, except those students who are sick. |
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| I just want to sleep. I don't want to go anywhere. |
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| I'm feeling a bit sick. I don't want to eat anything. |
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| I'll be home tomorrow. You can come anytime you want. |
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| Indicates that the degree of the state described by the adjective is increasing. |
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| China's economy has began to improve over the last ten years. |
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| The fall is coming. It's getting colder. |
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| This semester's lessons are getting harder. |
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| not any more, no longer. Indicates that a situation will not be repeated again. |
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| The economy has improved and there are no longer any problems in the lives of the elderly. |
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| I'm not speaking to him anymore, since he swore at me that time. |
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| After this semester, I won't study Chinese any longer. |
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| Measure word duplication （人人，年年，个个） |
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| Indicates a uniform situation with no exceptions - 家家，人人，年年 are measure words -(every X). |
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| There are elderly people in every family, and everyone of us will grow old. |
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| 除了晚上吃年饭的时候，不要把鱼吃完，意思是说年年有余。 |
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| At the new year's eve dinner, the fish is not supposed to be eaten up, implying that there is surplus every year. |
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| Indicates that the action is carried out in a causal and easy manner. |
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| Let the elderly learn calligraphy, painting and dancing, etc. |
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| The elders can play chess, chat and relax there. |
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| Over Chinese New Year, all I did was watch TV and make phone calls at home every day. |
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