Directional complements often work with verbs indicating physical movement. Typically, they are related to moving objects from one place to another or they indicate to what place the subject is moving or has moved. This is why these verbs often indicate moving something by hand or the subject 's own movement to a new place, such as bān 搬 (to move), ná 拿 (to take), fàng 放 (to put), dài 带 (to bring), tái 抬 (to lift), tuī 推 (to push), lā 拉 (to pull), zǒu 走 (to walk), pǎo 跑 (to run), and so on. When accompanied by directional complements, these verbs show the direction of the movement. However, many directional complements are stretched in meaning to make idiomatic expressions, so much so that when used with certain verbs they no longer indicate direction as in their original sense. For example, the complement chūlai 出来 (out), when used with the verb ná 拿 (to take) to form the combo 'náchūlai 拿出来 (to take out) ', indicates the direction of the movement; but when used with the verb kàn 看 (to look) to form the combo ‘kànchūlai 看出来 (to detect by looking) ', it no longer indicates direction . The way the complement ‘chūlai 出来 (out) ' is stretched to 'detect ' is perhaps based on the rationale that detection is the act of picking out something hidden. The following are examples of some directional complements used in their extended meanings.

1. –qilai 起来
   
   
   
   1. indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state.
      
      
      1. 
         Tiānqi rèqǐlaile.
         天气热起来了。
         The weather is getting hotter.
      
      
      2. 
         Xiànzài xué Zhōngwén de xuésheng duōqǐlaile.
         现在学中文的学生多起来了。
         (Now students who study Chinese are becoming more numerous.)
   
   
   2. indicating the result of recollection.
      
      
      1. 
         Wǒ xiǎngqǐlaile, tā jiào Wáng Dàshān, duì bú duì?
         我想起来了，他叫王大山，对不对？
         Now I remember. His name is Dashan Wang, right?
   
   
   3. indicating concentration from a scattered state.
      
      
      1. 
         Zhuōzishang de shū dōu shōuqǐlaile ma?
         桌子上的书都收起来了吗？
         Have the books on the desk been put away yet?
      
      
      2. 
         Rén zhǐyǒu tuánjiéqǐlai, zǔzhīqǐlai, cái kěyi zuò dàshì.
         人只有团结起来，组织起来，才可以做大事。
         Only when people are united and organized, can they do greater things.