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Chinese grammar

verb + 成 + result

Do something so it becomes …

Verb + 成 + result: the action turns something into the result (翻译成英文 “translate into English”).

In stories

  1. 这一天写成数字,就是四个“1”排在一起,像不像四根光棍?

    双十一是怎么来的? · Where did Singles Day come from? HSK 4

  2. 有人说:“把大象切成小块,再放到秤上!”

    曹冲称象 · How Cao Chong weighed an elephant HSK 5

  3. 今天,这本书已经被翻译成几十种语言,不只是军人,做生意的人、球队的教练也爱读它。

    《孙子兵法》说了什么? · Sun Tzu's Art of War: what does it say? HSK 6

  4. 可是有一个叫祝英台的小姐特别爱学习,她想出了一个办法:穿上男人的衣服,把自己打扮成一个男孩子,去杭州上学。

    梁山伯与祝英台 · The Butterfly Lovers HSK 4

Read 双十一是怎么来的?

What does verb + 成 + result mean in Chinese?

Do something so it becomes …. Verb + 成 + result: the action turns something into the result (翻译成英文 “translate into English”).

How common is verb + 成 + result?

It comes up in 5 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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