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Expressing "a full" with 足足 ("zu2zu2")

足足 zúzú

Adverb
HSK 5

Structure

足足 + Verb Verb + 足足

Definition

足足表示数量或时间达到相当大的程度，强调充足或整整的意思。

Expressing 'a full' or 'as much as', emphasizing that a quantity or duration reaches a considerable or exact amount.

Usage

用于数字或时间词语之前，强调数量或时间很大、很充足，常带有惊讶或强调的语气。

Used before numbers or time expressions to emphasize that the quantity or duration is large, exact, or surprising.

Examples

  • 1 他足足等了两个小时。 (He waited a full two hours.)
  • 2 这顿饭花了足足一千块钱。 (This meal cost a full thousand yuan.)
  • 3 我们足足走了十公里路。 (We walked a full ten kilometers.)
  • 4 她足足睡了十二个小时。 (She slept a full twelve hours.)
  • 5 这次活动足足有五百人参加。 (The event had a full five hundred participants.)

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