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title: "adjective + 透了 (utterly) in Chinese Grammar: Utterly …, With Examples"
description: "adjective + 透了 (utterly): utterly …; through and through. Adjective + 透了: extremely, completely (often something bad: 糟透了 “terrible”). 2 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# adjective + 透了 (utterly)

Utterly …; through and through

Adjective + 透了: extremely, completely (often something bad: 糟透了 “terrible”).

## In stories

精卫**恨透了**夺走自己生命的大海。

[精卫填海 · Jingwei fills the sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/jingwei-fills-the-sea#library-word-318-321) HSK 5

它的蹄子磨破了，膝盖一次次跪倒，尾巴**湿透了**，身上的汗不停地往下淌，滴在地上。

[伯乐和千里马 · Bole and the thousand-li horse (伯乐相马)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/bole-and-the-thousand-li-horse#library-word-52-55) HSK 6

[Read 精卫填海](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/jingwei-fills-the-sea#library-word-318-321)

## More patterns

- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)
- [太 + adjective + 了 so …!](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tai-le)
- [verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-liao)
- [快(要)…了 about to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kuai-le)
- [为了…(而)… in order to …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/weile-er)

## What does adjective + 透了 (utterly) mean in Chinese?

Utterly …; through and through. Adjective + 透了: extremely, completely (often something bad: 糟透了 “terrible”).

## How common is adjective + 透了 (utterly)?

It comes up in 2 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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