站住！你不能走！Stop! You can't go!
抓住那个小偷！Catch that thief!
不好意思，你挡住了我的路。Excuse me. You're standing in my way.
前面两辆大卡车堵住了整条路。The two trucks ahead are blocking the entire road.

大家都记住了吗？Has everyone kept that in mind yet?
你必须抓住机会。You must seize the opportunity tightly.
看住你的小狗，别让它乱跑。Keep an eye on your dog. Don't let him just run around.

Verb Followed by 开

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

Examples

张开嘴。Open your mouth.
请打开课本。Please open your textbook.
他早上一睁开眼就打开手机玩游戏。He turned on his cell phone to play games as soon as he opened his eyes this morning.

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:

走开！Go away!
放开我！Let go of me!
这个新闻很快就传开了。This news spread out very soon.

开 can be also used to express solving a problem or getting a weight off one's mind.

看开一点，生活还是要继续的。You should look on the bright side. Life still goes on.
这件事他一直 想不开 。He hasn't been able to get this off his mind.
我们把问题都说开了。We talked about all the problems openly.

Verb Followed by 出来

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

Examples

你能 想出 什么好办法？What good ideas can you come up with?
别猜了，你们肯定 猜不出 我的新男朋友是谁。Stop guessing. There's no way for you to figure out who my new boy friend is.
这些数学题有点难，我花了一个小时才 做出来 。These math problems are a little bit difficult. It took me an hour to work them out.
一万字的文章我 写不出来 。I can't write a ten-thousand-word article.

她肯定是北方人，我能 听出来 。She must be from the north. I can hear it.
你能 看出来 我多大吗？Can you tell how old I am?
菜里面有味精，我能 吃出来 。Can you tell how old I am?
这个东西是用什么做的？你能 摸出来 吗？What's this thing made of? Can you feel it?
你抽烟了吧？别骗我，我都 闻出来 了。Were you smoking? Don't lie to me because I can smell it.

Verb Followed by 住

Examples

Verb Followed by 开

Examples

Verb Followed by 出来

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