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    V. When to use the complement of Degree
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  <p>The complement of degree is used in the following context:</p>

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      When commenting on an action. The comment is usually an assessment or evaluation of the action with a focus on its quality, demeanor, appearance, quantity, time, frequency or duration. It reflects the speaker 's opinion ABOUT the action.
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      <li><div class="gris">
        Quality
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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-A-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā shuō de hěn qīngchǔ.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他说得很清楚。</span><br/> He speaks very clearly.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-A-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā pǎo de tài màn le.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他跑得太慢了。</span><br/> He runs too slowly.</li>
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      <li><div class="gris">
        Demeanor
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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-B-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā xué de bú tài yònggōng.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他学得不太用功。</span><br/> He does not study so hard.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-B-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā shuō de fēicháng bú kèqi.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">他说得非常不客气。</span>He sounded very impolite.</li>
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      <li><div class="gris">
        Appearance
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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-C-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng xiǎojiě zhǎng de yòu gāo yòu shòu.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">王小姐长得又高又瘦。</span>Miss Wang is (or: has grown) tall and thin.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-C-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā zhǎng de xiàng tā mǔqīn.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他长得像他母亲。</span><br/> He looks like (has grown to look like) his mother.</li>
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      <li><div class="gris">
        Quantity
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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-D-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā chī de tài duō le, suǒyǐ hěn pàng.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他吃得太多了，所以很胖。</span> <br/>He eats too much, so he's fat.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-D-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā zuò fàn zuò de bú gòu.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他做饭做得不够。</span><br/> He did not make enough food.</li>
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      <li><div class="gris">
        Time, Duration and Frequency
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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-E-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā měitiān dōu lái de hěn wǎn.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他每天都来得很晚。</span><br/> He comes late every day.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-E-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒmen děng de tài jiǔ le.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">我们等得太久了，</span><br/> We have waited too long.</li>

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        <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-E-3.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Xǐ tóu xǐ de tài qín duì tóufa bù hǎo.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">洗头洗得太勤对头发不好。</span><br/> Washing one's hair too often is not good for one's hair.</li>
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    <li><div class="gris">
      When describing what state the action has caused someone or something to be in;
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      <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-2-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā bìng de bù néng lái shàng bān le.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他病得不能来上班了。</span><br/> He is so sick that he can't come to work.<br/><br/> The purpose of saying 'he can't come to work ' is to describe how sick 'he ' is. The focus of the sentence is still on the verb 'sick '.</li>

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      <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-2-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā xiě de shǒu dōu suān le.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他写得手都酸了。</span><br/> He wrote so much that his hand ached. <br/><br/>The purpose of saying 'his hand ached ' is to describe how much 'he ' has written or how long he has been writing. The focus is still on the verb 'write '.</li>
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    <li><div class="gris">
      When describing how serious the situation is.
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      <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-3-1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā è de hūnguòqù le.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他饿得昏过去了。</span><br/> He was so hungry that he fainted. <br/><br/> 

      <div class="gris">
        'He fainted ' describes how hungry 'he ' was. The message that 'he was hungry ' is still central to the remark.
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      <li><audio src="../Audio/degree-V-3-2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tiānqi lěng de shéi dōu bù xiǎng chūqù.</span> <br/><span class="hanzi">天气冷得谁都不想出去。</span> <br/>It is so cold that no one wants to go out. <br/><br/> 

      <div class="gris">
        'No one wants to go out ' is a description of how cold the weather is.
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