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<h2 id="verb-followed-by-住">Verb Followed by 住</h2>
<p>住 can be used to express a &quot;coming to a halt&quot;.</p>
<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li><em>站住</em>！你 不 能 走 ！<span class="trans">Stop! You can't go!</span></li>
<li><em>抓住</em> 那个 小偷 ！<span class="trans">Catch that thief!</span></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
</ul>
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<p>住 can be used to express &quot;undertaking an action firmly&quot; or &quot;tightly&quot;.</p>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>大家 都 记 <em>住</em> 了 吗 ？<span class="trans">Has everyone kept that in mind yet?</span></li>
<li>你 必须 <em>抓住</em> 机会 。<span class="trans">You must seize the opportunity tightly.</span></li>
<li><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></li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="verb-followed-by-开">Verb Followed by 开</h2>
<p>开 (kāi) means &quot;to open,&quot; but when used as a complement can mean different things with different verbs.</p>
<h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>
<p>开 can be used literally to mean &quot;open up&quot; or &quot;turn on&quot;:</p>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li><em>张开</em> 嘴 。<span class="trans">Open your mouth.</span></li>
<li>请 <em>打开</em> 课本 。<span class="trans">Please open your textbook.</span></li>
<li>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></li>
</ul>
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<p>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:</p>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li><em>走开</em> ！<span class="trans">Go away!</span></li>
<li><em>放开</em> 我！<span class="trans">Let go of me!</span></li>
<li>这个 新闻 很快 就 <em>传开</em> 了 。<span class="trans">This news spread out very soon.</span></li>
</ul>
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<p>开 can be also used to express solving a problem or getting a weight off one's mind.</p>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li><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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>我们 把 问题 都 <em>说开</em> 了。<span class="trans">We talked about all the problems openly.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="verb-followed-by-出来">Verb Followed by 出来</h2>
<p>出(来) can be used figuratively to mean &quot;nothing to coming into being&quot; or &quot;to come up with&quot;.</p>
<h3 id="examples-2">Examples</h3>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>你 能 <em>想 出</em> 什么 好 办法 ？<span class="trans">What good ideas can you come up with?</span></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>跟感官动词搭配时，&quot;出(来)&quot;表示&quot;to tell or to distinguish&quot;.</p>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>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></li>
<li>你 能 <em>看 出来</em> 我 多大 吗 ？<span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span></li>
<li>菜 里面 有 味精 ，我 能 <em>吃 出来</em> 。<span class="trans">Can you tell how old I am?</span></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="Resultative_Complement_&quot;kai&quot;" title="wikilink">Resultative Complement &quot;kai&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="Resultative_Complement_&quot;huai&quot;" title="wikilink">Resultative Complement &quot;huai&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="Potential_complement" title="wikilink">Potential complement</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_3_(新实用汉语课本3)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)</a> (pp. 135) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=756191251X">→buy</a></li>
</ul>
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