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好听 in Context

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好听

Usage 1 - "pleasant to hear": 

Sentence:

这首英文歌很好听。

English:

This English song is lovely.

Top-Down Words:shou

首 - (alt. definition) measure word for songs
英文 yīngwén - English
歌 gē - song
 


Sentence:

他歌唱得好听。 

English:

The songs he sings sound lovely.

Top-Down Words:

歌 gē - song


*Sentence:

我听到了一个很好听的声音。

English:

I heard a beautiful voice.

Top-Down Words:

到 dào - (verb complement) to reach, to succeed in the preceding verb
声音 shēngyīn - sound


*Sentence:

说话说得很好听,让别人错认为他们什么都能做,都会做。

English:

He talks so well that people mistakenly think that they can and will do anything.

Top-Down Words:

错 cuò - to make a mistake, mistaken
都 dōu - all, every
别人 biérén - other people
做 zuò - to do, make, to cook



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Comments   4

Matt Shubert

Just a simple sanity check to see if I'm understanding....

"...让别人错认为他们什么都能做..."

Could also be:

"...让别人以为他们什么都能做..."

Is that correct?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Yep! Both are fine :)

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Jason Pon

说话说得很好听,让别人错认为他们什么都能做,都会做。

What's the meaning of 说 appearing twice at the beginning? Is it a form of emphasis or is it necessary in the meaning? (The definition says 'he' but 'he' is not explicit here - is it implied, or?)

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Mandarin Blueprint

Hey Jason, we addressed the question of two of the same verb in a sentence in this video: https://www.loom.com/share/f9991a2953124e1984f9e1c9ccd8cccf?sharedAppSource=personal_library

And yes, the "he" is implied. It's a part of a longer form piece of content ;).

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