{"id":15826,"date":"2020-01-10T18:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-expressing-more-and-more-with-yue-yue-yue-yue\/"},"modified":"2020-01-10T18:20:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:20:40","slug":"chinese-grammar-expressing-more-and-more-with-yue-yue-yue-yue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/chinese-grammar-expressing-more-and-more-with-yue-yue-yue-yue\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar: Expressing more and more with \u8d8a\u2026\u2026\u8d8a\u2026\u2026yue\u2026 yue\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t"\u8d8a … \u8d8a…" (yuè… yuè…) is used frequently in Chinese to express that some quality or state is increasing with time, or in tune with another factor. There are two forms of this pattern, the "simple" one (using \u6765), and the more complex one (which uses two different adjectives\/verbs) in Chinese grammar.<\/p>\n

\tBasic Structure with \u8d8a\u6765\u8d8a <\/strong>
\tThis structure expresses that something is becoming more and more adjective over time, with the latter adjective changing with the verb. The most common structure is:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tExamples <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

Qì yóu yuè lái yuè \u0261uì.
\t\u6c7d\u6cb9 \u8d8a \u6765 \u8d8a \u8d35\u3002<\/div>\n
Gasoline is getting more and more expensive. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tComplex Structure with \u8d8a … \u8d8a …<\/strong>
\tThis structure can be expanded further by replacing \u6765 with another verb. This expresses that one change causes another change. To be exact, there are four structures to use. (The examples make it clear how this works.)
\tStructure 1 <\/strong>
\t \tExamples <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

Ti\u01ceo zhàn yuè dà, w\u01d2 yuè x\u012bn\u0261 fèn.
\t\u6311\u6218 \u8d8a \u5927\uff0c\u6211 \u8d8a \u5174\u594b\u3002<\/div>\n
The bigger the challenge is, the more excited I am.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tStructure 2<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

\tExamples <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

T\u0101 yuè bù \u0261\u0101o xìn\u0261, jiù yuè bù shu\u014d huà.
\t\u5979 \u8d8a \u4e0d\u9ad8\u5174\uff0c\u5c31 \u8d8a \u4e0d\u8bf4\u8bdd\u3002<\/div>\n
The more upset , the less she talks.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tStructure 3 <\/strong>
\t \tExamples<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

W\u01d2 yuè xué xí zh\u014dn\u0261 wén, yuè jué dé zh\u014dn\u0261 wén h\u011bn nán.
\t\u6211 \u8d8a \u5b66\u4e60 \u4e2d\u6587\uff0c\u8d8a \u89c9\u5f97 \u4e2d\u6587 \u5f88 \u96be\u3002<\/div>\n
The more I study Chinese, the more difficult I think it is. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tStructure 4 <\/strong> \t \t<\/p>\n

T\u0101 yuè h\u0113 tàn su\u0101n y\u01d0n liào yuè pàn\u0261.
\t\u4ed6 \u8d8a \u559d \u78b3\u9178\u996e\u6599 \u8d8a \u80d6\u3002<\/div>\n
The more he drinks soda, the fatter he gets.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tComplex Structure with Complement<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tYou can also use "\u8d8a…\u8d8a…" with a complement. In this case, "\u8d8a" has to follow the "\u5f97". This construction usually uses "State complements" and "Result complements".<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tExamples<\/strong> \t<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 m\u01cei dé yuè du\u014d yuè pián yi.
\t\u4f60 \u4e70 \u5f97 \u8d8a \u591a \u8d8a \u4fbf\u5b9c\u3002<\/div>\n
The more you buy, the cheaper it gets. <\/div><\/p>\n