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== Verb Followed by 住 ==

住 can be used to express a "coming to a halt".

=== Examples ===

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*<em>站住</em>！你 不 能 走 ！<span class="trans">Stop! You can't go!</span>
*<em>抓住</em> 那个 小偷 ！<span class="trans">Catch that thief!</span>
*不 好意思，你 <em>挡住</em> 了 我 的 路 。<span class="trans">Excuse me. You're standing in my way.</span>
*前面 两 辆 大卡车 <em>堵住</em> 了 整 条 路 。<span class="trans">The two trucks ahead are blocking the entire road.</span>
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住 can be used to express "undertaking an action firmly" or "tightly". 

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*大家 都 记 <em>住</em> 了 吗 ？<span class="trans">Has everyone kept that in mind yet?</span>
*你 必须 <em>抓住</em> 机会 。<span class="trans">You must seize the opportunity tightly.</span>
*<em>看住</em> 你 的 小狗，别 让 它 乱 跑。<span class="trans">Keep an eye on your dog. Don't let him just run around.</span>
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== Verb Followed by 开 ==

开 (kāi) means "to open," but when used as a complement can mean different things with different verbs.

=== Examples ===

开 can be used literally to mean "open up" or "turn on":

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*<em>张开</em> 嘴 。<span class="trans">Open your mouth.</span>
*请 <em>打开</em> 课本 。<span class="trans">Please open your textbook.</span>
*他 早上 一 <em>睁开</em> 眼 就 <em>打开</em> 手机 玩 游戏 。<span class="trans">He turned on his cell phone to play games as soon as he opened his eyes this morning.</span>
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开 can be used to express an action that is occurring in a direction away from the speaker. When used in this sense, 开 is generally used with verbs involving releasing, unfolding or spreading out:

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*<em>走开</em> ！<span class="trans">Go away!</span>
*<em>放开</em> 我！<span class="trans">Let go of me!</span>
*这个 新闻 很快 就 <em>传开</em> 了 。<span class="trans">This news spread out very soon.</span>
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开 can be also used to express solving a problem or getting a weight off one's mind. 

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*<em>看开</em> 一点，生活 还是 要 继续 的 。<span class="trans">You should look on the bright side. Life still goes on.</span>
*这 件 事 他 一直 <em>想不开</em> 。<span class="trans">He hasn't been able to get this off his mind.</span>
*我们 把 问题 都 <em>说开</em> 了。<span class="trans">We talked about all the problems openly.</span>
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== Verb Followed by 出来 ==

出(来) can be used figuratively to mean "nothing to coming into being" or "to come up with".

=== Examples ===

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*你 能 <em>想 出</em> 什么 好 办法 ？<span class="trans">What good ideas can you come up with?</span>
*别 猜 了，你们 肯定 <em>猜 不 出</em> 我 的 新 男朋友 是 谁 。<span class="trans">Stop guessing. There's no way for you to figure out who my new boy friend is.</span>
*这些 数学 题 有点 难 ，我 花 了 一个 小时 才 <em>做 出来</em> 。<span class="trans">These math problems are a little bit difficult. It took me an hour to work them out.</span>
*一万 字 的 文章 我 <em>写 不 出来</em> 。<span class="trans">I can't write a ten-thousand-word article.</span>

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跟感官动词搭配时，"出(来)"表示"to tell or to distinguish".

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*她 肯定 是 北方人，我 能 <em>听 出来</em> 。<span class="trans">She must be from the north. I can hear it.</span>
*你 能 <em>看 出来</em> 我 多大 吗 ？<span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span>
*菜 里面 有 味精 ，我 能 <em>吃 出来</em> 。<span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span>
*这 个 东西 是 用 什么 做 的 ？你 能 <em>摸 出来</em> 吗 ？<span class="trans">What's this thing made of? Can you feel it?</span>
*你 抽烟 了 吧 ？别 骗 我 ，我 都 <em>闻 出来</em> 了 。<span class="trans">Were you smoking? Don't lie to me because I can smell it.</span>

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==See also==

* [[Resultative Complement "kai"]]
* [[Resultative Complement "huai"]]
* [[Potential complement]]

== Sources and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)]] (pp. 135) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X →buy]


[[Category: B2 grammar points]]
[[Category: Result complement]]
{{Basic Grammar|住|B2|Verb + 住|<em>抓住</em> 那个 小偷 ！|grammar point|ASG4OM4T}}
{{Similar|Resultative Complement "kai"}}
{{Similar|Resultative Complement "huai"}}
{{Similar|Potential complement}}
{{Used for|Expressing duration}}
{{Used for|Expressing result}}
{{Structure|Complements}}