<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>The <a href="degree_complement" title="wikilink">degree complement</a> -坏了 (-huài le) is a bit like the complement <a href= "Negative_adjectives_with_"-si_le"" title= "wikilink">-死了</a>, and can be used to mean "extremely" in both a a positive and a negative sense.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Verb + 坏了</p> </div> <h2 id="examples-with-a-negative-connotation">Examples with a Negative Connotation</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>一天 没 吃饭 ，孩子 饿 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">The child didn't eat anything the whole day. He was starved to death.</span></li> <li>孩子 不见 了，妈妈 急 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">The child is missing. The mother is worried to death.</span></li> <li>今天 一天 都 在 开会，大家 都 累 <em>坏了</em> 了 。<span class="trans">We've been at the meeting whole day today. Everyone is exhausted.</span></li> <li>那 部 鬼片 把 我 吓 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">That ghost film scared me to death.</span></li> <li>这 件 事 把 老板 气 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">That matter made the boss angry to death.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="examples-with-a-positive-connotation">Examples with a Positive Connotation</h2> <p>这类形容词非常有限。</p> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>听到 这个 好 消息 ，大家 都 高兴 <em>坏了</em>。<span class="trans">Everyone were thrilled to hear the good news.</span></li> <li>这个 笑话 让 我们 都 乐 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">We really got a kick out of this joke.</span></li> <li>收到 录取 通知书 ，他们 全家 都 高兴 <em>坏了</em> 。<span class="trans">His whole family were so thrilled when he received the admission letter.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Adjectives_with_"-ji_le"" title= "wikilink">Adjectives with "-ji le"</a></li> <li><a href="Negative_adjectives_with_"-si_le"" title= "wikilink">Negative adjectives with "-si le"</a></li> <li><a href="Resultative_Complement_"kai"" title= "wikilink">Resultative Complement "kai"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC4)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (pp. 104) <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561913192"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a> <a href="Category:_Result_complement" title= "wikilink">Category: Result complement</a></p> </body> </html>