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Result complement "xiaqu"
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Level
[B1](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/B1_grammar_points)
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Similar to
- [Direction complement
"-qilai"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement_%22-qilai%22) (B1)
- [Advanced result
complements](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_result_complements) (B2)
- [Advanced uses of direction complement
"-qilai"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_uses_of_direction_complement_%22-qilai%22) (B2)
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Used for
[Expressing
result](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_result),
[Describing
actions](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Describing_actions)
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Keywords
[下去](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%B8%8B%E5%8E%BB),
[下](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%B8%8B),
[去](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E5%8E%BB)
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Contents
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- [1 Affirmative
Form](#Affirmative_Form "wikilink")
- [1.1
Structure](#Structure "wikilink")
- [1.2
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [2 Negative
Form](#Negative_Form "wikilink")
- [2.1
Structure](#Structure_2 "wikilink")
- [2.2
Examples](#Examples_2 "wikilink")
- [3 Used with
再](#Used_with_.E5.86.8D "wikilink")
- [4 See
also](#See_also "wikilink")
- [5 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
- [5.1
Books](#Books "wikilink")
Subj. + Verb + 下去
### Examples
- **说** *下去* 。Keep talking.
- 这 本 书 你 一定 要 认真 地 **看** *下去* 。You must keep reading this book
carefully.
- 这样做 很 有 意义 ，你 应该 **做** *下去*
。It's very meaningful to do this.
You should keep doing it.
- 他 走 了 ，因为 他 没脸 **待** *下去* 了 。He left because he felt shame if he
stayed.
- 你 不能 这样 **生活** *下去* 了 。You can't
keep living like this.
Negative Form
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Strictly speaking, simply adding 不 in front of the main verb is all it
takes to create the negative form. But it's actually more common to use
this negative [potential
complement](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Potential_complement)
form. So it's not just "not go on" (doing something), but actually
"*can't* go on" (doing something).
### Structure
Subj. + Verb + 不 + 下去 (+ 了)
Note that 了 is often used when it's negated.
### Examples
- 这个 故事 太 无聊 了 ，我 听 *不 下去* **了**
。This story is too boring, I can't
keep listening.
- 这个 电影 太 暴力 了 ，我 看 *不 下去* **了**
。This movie is too violent.
I can't keep watching it.
- 你 说话 太 恶心 了 ，我 吃 *不 下去* **了**
。The way you talk is so disgusting.
I can't continue eating my food.
- 这个 宾馆 太 脏 了 ，我 待 *不 下去* **了**
。This hotel is too dirty. I can't
stay here any longer.
- 我 跟 他 过 *不 下去* **了** ，我 要 离婚 。I can't go on like this with him. I
want a divorce.
Used with 再
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When the adverb
[再](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E5%86%8D)
comes before the verb, there's an implication that if "things keep going
on this way," then something bad is going to happen.
A few examples:
- 你 **再** 赌 *下去* **会** 输光 的 。If you
keep gambling, you're going to lose all your money.
- 你 **再** 喝 *下去* **就** 醉 了 。 if you keep
drinking you're going to get drunk .
See also
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- [Potential complement "bu
xia"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Potential_complement_%22bu_xia%22)
- [Result complement
"-qilai"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement_%22-qilai%22) (起来)
- [Resultative Complement
"chu(lai)"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Resultative_Complement_%22chu(lai)%22)(出来)
- [Direction
complement](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement)
Sources and further reading
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### Books
- [New Practical Chinese Reader
3 (新实用汉语课本3)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_3_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC3)) (pp.
184)
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- [Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2
(3rd ed)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_2_(3rd_ed)) (pp.
232-3) [→buy](http://amzn.to/2femBuy)
- [Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate
2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Boya_Chinese_Lower_Intermediate_2_(%E5%8D%9A%E9%9B%85%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%87%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%BA%A7%E5%8A%A0%E9%80%9F%E7%AF%87)) (pp.
137) \[ →buy\]
- [New Practical Chinese Reader
3 (新实用汉语课本3)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_3_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC3)) (pp.
184)
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- [40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course
(基础汉语40课下册）](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD40%E8%AF%BE%E4%B8%8B%E5%86%8C%EF%BC%89) (pp.
429)
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