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<h2 id="verb-followed-by-住">Verb Followed by <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">住</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">住</span> can be used to express a "<b>coming to a halt</b>".</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">站住！你 不 能 走 ！</span> <span class="trans">Stop! You can't go!</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">抓住 那个 小偷 ！</span> <span class="trans">Catch that thief!</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">不 好意思，你 挡住 了 我 的 路 。</span> <span class="trans">Excuse me. You're standing in my way.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">前面 两 辆 大卡车 堵住 了 整 条 路 。</span> <span class="trans">The two trucks ahead are blocking the entire road.</span></li>
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<p>住 can be used to express "<b>undertaking an action firmly</b>" or "<b>tightly</b>".</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">大家 都 记 住 了 吗 ？</span> <span class="trans">Has everyone kept that in mind yet?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">你 必须 抓住 机会 。</span> <span class="trans">You must seize the opportunity tightly.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">看住 你 的 小狗，别 让 它 乱 跑。</span> <span class="trans">Keep an eye on your dog. Don't let him just run around.</span></li>
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<h2 id="verb-followed-by-开">Verb Followed by <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">开</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">开</span> (<span class="pinyin">kāi</span>) means "to open," but when used as a complement can mean different things with different verbs.</p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">开</span> can be used literally to mean "open up" or "turn on":</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">张开 嘴 。</span> <span class="trans">Open your mouth.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">请 打开 课本 。</span> <span class="trans">Please open your textbook.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">他 早上 一 睁开 眼 就 打开 手机 玩 游戏 。</span> <span class="trans">He turned on his cell phone to play games as soon as he opened his eyes this morning.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">开</span> can be used to express an action that is occurring in a direction away from the speaker. When used in this sense, <span class="hanzi">开</span> is generally used with verbs involving releasing, unfolding or spreading out:</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">走开 ！</span> <span class="trans">Go away!</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">放开 我！</span> <span class="trans">Let go of me!</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这个 新闻 很快 就 传开 了 。</span> <span class="trans">This news spread out very soon.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">开</span> can be also used to express solving a problem or getting a weight off one's mind.</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">看开 一点，生活 还是 要 继续 的 。</span> <span class="trans">You should look on the bright side. Life still goes on.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这 件 事 他 一直 想不开 。</span> <span class="trans">He hasn't been able to get this off his mind.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">我们 把 问题 都 说开 了。</span> <span class="trans">We talked about all the problems openly.</span></li>
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<h2 id="verb-followed-by-出来">Verb Followed by <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">出来</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">出(来)</span> can be used figuratively to mean "<b>nothing to coming into being</b>" or "<b>to come up with</b>".</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">你 能 想 出 什么 好 办法 ？</span> <span class="trans">What good ideas can you come up with?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">别 猜 了，你们 肯定 猜 不 出 我 的 新 男朋友 是 谁 。</span> <span class="trans">Stop guessing. There's no way for you to figure out who my new boy friend is.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这些 数学 题 有点 难 ，我 花 了 一个 小时 才 做 出来 。</span> <span class="trans">These math problems are a little bit difficult. It took me an hour to work them out.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">一万 字 的 文章 我 写 不 出来 。</span> <span class="trans">I can't write a ten-thousand-word article.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">跟感官动词搭配时，"出(来)"表示</span> "<b>to tell or to distinguish</b>".</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">她 肯定 是 北方人，我 能 听 出来 。</span> <span class="trans">She must be from the north. I can hear it.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">你 能 看 出来 我 多大 吗 ？</span> <span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">菜 里面 有 味精 ，我 能 吃 出来 。</span> <span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这 个 东西 是 用 什么 做 的 ？你 能 摸 出来 吗 ？</span> <span class="trans">What's this thing made of? Can you feel it?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">你 抽烟 了 吧 ？别 骗 我 ，我 都 闻 出来 了 。</span> <span class="trans">Were you smoking? Don't lie to me because I can smell it.</span></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="Resultative_Complement_"kai"" title="wikilink">Resultative Complement "kai"</a></li>
<li><a href="Resultative_Complement_"huai"" title="wikilink">Resultative Complement "huai"</a></li>
<li><a href="Potential_complement" title="wikilink">Potential complement</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<ul>
<li>New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本3</span>) (pp. 135) </li>
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