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title: "adjective reduplicated (AABB) in Chinese Grammar: Very … (vivid), With Examples"
description: "adjective reduplicated (AABB): very … (vivid). AABB reduplication (干干净净, 高高兴兴) makes a description vivid. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# adjective reduplicated (AABB)

Very … (vivid)

AABB reduplication (干干净净, 高高兴兴) makes a description vivid.

## In stories

美猴王在花果山**开开心心**地过了几百年。

[美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-1#library-word-857-861) HSK 3

孙悟空拿着袈裟，**高高兴兴**地回去见唐僧。

[黑熊精 · The Black Bear Demon](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-black-bear-demon-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-14#library-word-785-789) HSK 3

孙悟空**高高兴兴**地把它放在了头上。

[紧箍咒 · The Tightening Spell](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-tightening-spell-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-11#library-word-683-687) HSK 3

他骑着电动车在大街小巷里**来来回回**，红灯一变绿，他总是第一个出发。

[最后一单 · A day in the life of a delivery rider](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-delivery-rider#library-word-118-122) HSK 4

[Read 美猴王](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-1#library-word-857-861)

## More patterns

- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)

## What does adjective reduplicated (AABB) mean in Chinese?

Very … (vivid). AABB reduplication (干干净净, 高高兴兴) makes a description vivid.

## How common is adjective reduplicated (AABB)?

It comes up in 49 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.