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B2 · Grammar reference · ASG9E5BB

Advanced degree complements

There are many ways to express "degree" following a verb. A vast array of words can function as degree complements following verbs, indicating degree and quality. When it comes to degree complements for adjectives, however, options are much more limited.

Keywords
得 · 很 · 不得了 · 要命 · 不行 · very · really
Used for
Expressing degree
Classification

Examples (10)

这个孩子自私得很。

我老婆的工作轻松得很。

我爸爸固执得不得了。

赢了比赛以后,他骄傲得不得了。

听说儿子又跟同学打架了,爸爸气得不得了。

我儿子淘气得要命。

今天路上堵得要命!

地铁挤得要命!

我的牙痛得不行!

外面热得不行。

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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.

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