{"id":17675,"date":"2026-09-29T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=17675"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:34:58","slug":"start-qilai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/","title":{"rendered":"Start &#8211; Verb \/ Adjective +\u00a0\u8d77\u4f86\u00a0q\u01d0l\u00e1i"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E4%B8%80_Verb_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5\" >\u4e00 Verb + \u8d77\u4f86\u8d77\u6765<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E4%BA%8C_With_an_Object_V_%E8%B5%B7_O_%E4%BE%86%E6%9D%A5\" >\u4e8c With an Object: V + \u8d77 + O + \u4f86\u6765<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E4%B8%89_Adjective_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5\" >\u4e09 Adjective + \u8d77\u4f86\u8d77\u6765<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E5%9B%9B_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5_vs_%E4%B8%8B%E4%BE%86%E4%B8%8B%E6%9D%A5\" >\u56db \u8d77\u4f86\u8d77\u6765 vs. \u4e0b\u4f86\u4e0b\u6765<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E4%BA%94_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5_vs_%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B\" >\u4e94 \u8d77\u4f86\u8d77\u6765 vs. \u958b\u59cb\u5f00\u59cb<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E5%85%AD_Common_Mistakes\" >\u516d Common Mistakes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/start-qilai\/#%E4%B8%83_Practice\" >\u4e03 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class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> after a verb or adjective to show that something <strong>starts<\/strong> and then keeps going: &#8220;burst out laughing,&#8221; &#8220;start raining,&#8221; &#8220;get busy.&#8221; It often feels a little sudden.<\/p>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 1 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"verb\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%B8%80_Verb_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e00<\/span> Verb + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">Verb + (\u4e86) + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">Put <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> right after the verb. You&#8217;ll often see \u4e86 <span class=\"py\">le<\/span> too: either <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b11\u4e86\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b11\u4e86\u8d77\u6765<\/span> or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b11\u8d77\u4f86\u4e86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b11\u8d77\u6765\u4e86<\/span>. Both are fine.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u72d7<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceog\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u770b\u5230<\/span><rt>k\u00e0nd\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u53eb<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">As soon as the puppy saw me, it started barking.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u770b\u8457<\/span><rt>k\u00e0nzhe<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u770b\u7740<\/span><rt>k\u00e0nzhe<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7167\u7247<\/span><rt>zh\u00e0opi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">She looked at the photo and started to cry.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa\u5b8c<\/span><rt>shu\u014dw\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4\u5b8c<\/span><rt>shu\u014dw\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5168\u73ed<\/span><rt>qu\u00e1n b\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7b11<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">When he finished talking, the whole class burst out laughing.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 2 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"object\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%BA%8C_With_an_Object_V_%E8%B5%B7_O_%E4%BE%86%E6%9D%A5\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e8c<\/span> With an Object: V + \u8d77 + O + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">Verb + \u8d77 + Object + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">If the verb has an object, the object goes <strong>in the middle<\/strong>: between \u8d77 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765 <span class=\"py\">lai<\/span><\/span>. This is the tricky part!<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5916\u9762<\/span><rt>w\u00e0imi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u96e8<\/span><rt>y\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">It&#8217;s started raining outside.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u5011<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u4eec<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u898b\u9762<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0nmi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u89c1\u9762<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0nmi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u804a<\/span><rt>li\u00e1o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">As soon as they met, they started chatting.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\">\u804a\u5929 <span class=\"py\">li\u00e1oti\u0101n<\/span> is verb + object, so it splits: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u804a\u8d77\u5929\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u804a\u8d77\u5929\u6765<\/span>.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5403\u5b8c<\/span><rt>ch\u012bw\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6253<\/span><rt>d\u01ce<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9ebb\u5c07<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ji\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9ebb\u5c06<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ji\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">After dinner, everyone started playing mahjong.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u97f3\u6a02<\/span><rt>y\u012bnyu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u97f3\u4e50<\/span><rt>y\u012bnyu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8df3<\/span><rt>ti\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u821e<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">The moment the music started, he started dancing.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"use-note-box\"><span class=\"fyi-title\">Afternoon storms<\/span>In a Taiwanese summer, a sunny morning means nothing. Around 3 p.m., the sky can go dark and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u8d77\u5927\u96e8\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0 q\u01d0 d\u00e0y\u01d4 l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u8d77\u5927\u96e8\u6765 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0 q\u01d0 d\u00e0y\u01d4 lai<\/span><\/span>: a sudden, heavy downpour called a \u897f\u5317\u96e8 <span class=\"py\">x\u012bb\u011biy\u01d4<\/span>. It usually stops within an hour, so locals just wait it out in a convenience store. \u26c8\ufe0f<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 3 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"adjective\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%B8%89_Adjective_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e09<\/span> Adjective + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">Adjective + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span> + \u4e86<\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">With adjectives, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> shows that a state is beginning and growing: getting hotter, busier, livelier, better.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c23<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c14<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6162\u6162<\/span><rt>m\u00e0nm\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">The weather&#8217;s slowly getting hot.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u904e\u5e74<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fc7\u5e74<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u524d<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8857\u4e0a<\/span><rt>ji\u0113sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1\u9b27<\/span><rt>r\u00e8n\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed\u95f9<\/span><rt>r\u00e8nao<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Before Chinese New Year, the streets get lively.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u75c5<\/span><rt>b\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6162\u6162<\/span><rt>m\u00e0nm\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He&#8217;s slowly getting better.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 4 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"vs-xialai\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%9B%9B_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5_vs_%E4%B8%8B%E4%BE%86%E4%B8%8B%E6%9D%A5\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u56db<\/span> <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span> vs. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">With adjectives, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> usually goes with things <strong>getting more active<\/strong> or increasing. For things <strong>settling down<\/strong> or decreasing, Chinese usually uses <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0lai<\/span><\/span> instead.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"compare-cols\">\n      <div class=\"compare-col keep\">\n        <h4><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span> \u00b7 getting more<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1\u9b27<\/span><rt>r\u00e8n\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed\u95f9<\/span><rt>r\u00e8nao<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><br><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><br><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u80d6<\/span><rt>p\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Getting livelier, busier, chubbier.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"compare-col drop\">\n        <h4><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span> \u00b7 settling down<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u975c<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u9759<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><br><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9592<\/span><rt>xi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u95f2<\/span><rt>xi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><br><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7626<\/span><rt>sh\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Getting quieter, freer, thinner.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"use-note-box\"><span class=\"fyi-title\">Other uses of <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> has other jobs too, like direction (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7ad9\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">zh\u00e0n q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7ad9\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">zh\u00e0n q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span>, &#8220;stand up&#8221;) or &#8220;seems&#8221; (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u770b\u8d77\u4f86\u5f88\u597d <span class=\"py\">k\u00e0n q\u01d0l\u00e1i h\u011bn h\u01ceo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u770b\u8d77\u6765\u5f88\u597d <span class=\"py\">k\u00e0n q\u01d0lai h\u011bn h\u01ceo<\/span><\/span>, &#8220;looks good&#8221;). On this page, we&#8217;re only looking at the &#8220;start and keep going&#8221; meaning.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 5 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"vs-kaishi\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%BA%94_%E8%B5%B7%E4%BE%86%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5_vs_%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e94<\/span> <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span> vs. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">Both <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span> can mean &#8220;start,&#8221; but they&#8217;re not the same. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span> is a neutral word for starting something, including plans for the future. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> describes something that <strong>has already started<\/strong>, often suddenly or without planning, and it paints a more vivid picture.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"compare-cols\">\n      <div class=\"compare-col keep\">\n        <h4><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span> \u00b7 neutral start<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u00edngti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a\u8ab2<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ngk\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a\u8bfe<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ngk\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Goes <strong>before<\/strong> the verb. Works for the past, present and future, including plans and schedules.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"compare-col drop\">\n        <h4><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span> \u00b7 it just started<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5916\u9762<\/span><rt>w\u00e0imi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u96e8<\/span><rt>y\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Goes <strong>after<\/strong> the verb. Describes something that has already started, often suddenly. Not for plans or future schedules.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">She suddenly burst into tears.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\">Vivid and sudden: you can almost see it happen.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">She suddenly started crying.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\">Also correct, but it simply reports the fact. It feels flatter.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5\u6587<\/span><rt>R\u00ecw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">I&#8217;m starting Japanese next month.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\">A plan for the future, so only <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span> works here.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5e7e<\/span><rt>j\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u51e0<\/span><rt>j\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">What time does the movie start?<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span> can stand on its own. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> always needs a verb or adjective in front of it.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 6 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"mistakes\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%85%AD_Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u516d<\/span> Common Mistakes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5916\u9762<\/span><rt>w\u00e0imi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u96e8<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0y\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5916\u9762<\/span><rt>w\u00e0imi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u96e8<\/span><rt>y\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">The object \u96e8 <span class=\"py\">y\u01d4<\/span> has to go between \u8d77 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765 <span class=\"py\">lai<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6559\u5ba4<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0osh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u975c<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u9759<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6559\u5ba4<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0osh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u975c<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u9759<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">Calming down is &#8220;settling,&#8221; so it goes with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0lai<\/span><\/span>, not <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> goes <em>after<\/em> the verb. (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86\u54ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765\u54ed<\/span> would mean &#8220;suddenly got up and cried.&#8221;)<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">For a plan in the future, use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u59cb <span class=\"py\">k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/span><\/span>. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> is for something that has already started.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 7 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"practice\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%B8%83_Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e03<\/span> Practice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">Tap the words below in the right order to build the sentence, then check your answer. If it&#8217;s wrong, you can try again as many times as you like, or hit &#8220;Show answer&#8221; if you get stuck. Careful: some tiles are traps and are not needed!<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"wo-wrap\">\n      <div class=\"wo-progress\" id=\"woProgress\">Question 1 of 10<\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q1 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card active\" data-correct=\"1,3,5,0,2,4\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;It started snowing on the mountain!&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u96ea<\/span><rt>xu\u011b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c71\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u0101nsh\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c71\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u0101nsh\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u96ea<\/span><rt>xu\u011b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n          <p>The object \u96ea <span class=\"py\">xu\u011b<\/span> goes between \u8d77 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765 <span class=\"py\">lai<\/span><\/span>. (In Taiwan, snow is big news! \u2744\ufe0f)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q2 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"2,1,0,3;2,1,3,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;The two of them started arguing.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5435<\/span><rt>ch\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u5011<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u4eec<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u5011<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6\u4eec<\/span><rt>t\u0101men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5435<\/span><rt>ch\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p class=\"also-note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ed6\u5011\u5169\u500b\u5435\u8d77\u4f86\u4e86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e24\u4e2a\u5435\u8d77\u6765\u4e86<\/span> is also correct.<\/p>\n          <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5435\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">ch\u01ceo q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5435\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">ch\u01ceo q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> = &#8220;started arguing.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q3 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,3,4,0,2\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;Everyone started clapping.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u638c<\/span><rt>zh\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u9f13<\/span><rt>g\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u9f13<\/span><rt>g\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u638c<\/span><rt>zh\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>\u9f13\u638c <span class=\"py\">g\u01d4zh\u01ceng<\/span> is verb + object, so it splits: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9f13\u8d77\u638c\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u9f13\u8d77\u638c\u6765<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q4 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,4,2,5,0,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;As soon as she got home, she started cooking.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u5bb6<\/span><rt>hu\u00edji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u5bb6<\/span><rt>hu\u00edji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u505a\u98ef <span class=\"py\">zu\u00f2f\u00e0n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u505a\u996d <span class=\"py\">zu\u00f2f\u00e0n<\/span><\/span> splits around \u8d77 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q5 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,3,4,0,2;3,1,4,0,2\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;He got chubby after he got married.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7d50\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed3\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/span><rt>y\u01d0h\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u540e<\/span><rt>y\u01d0h\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u80d6<\/span><rt>p\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7d50\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed3\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/span><rt>y\u01d0h\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u540e<\/span><rt>y\u01d0h\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u80d6<\/span><rt>p\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p class=\"also-note\">Starting with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7d50\u5a5a\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7ed3\u5a5a\u4ee5\u540e<\/span> is also correct.<\/p>\n          <p>Getting chubbier is &#8220;getting more,&#8221; so <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span>. The <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0lai<\/span><\/span> tile is a trap. (Happy marriage! \ud83d\ude04)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q6 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,5,3,4,2\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;The kids finally calmed down.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b69\u5b50\u5011<\/span><rt>h\u00e1izimen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b69\u5b50\u4eec<\/span><rt>h\u00e1izimen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u975c<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u9759<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7d42\u65bc<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngy\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7ec8\u4e8e<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngy\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b69\u5b50\u5011<\/span><rt>h\u00e1izimen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b69\u5b50\u4eec<\/span><rt>h\u00e1izimen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7d42\u65bc<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngy\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7ec8\u4e8e<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngy\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u975c<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b89\u9759<\/span><rt>\u0101nj\u00ecng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u4f86<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Calming down is &#8220;settling,&#8221; so <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0b\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0b\u6765 <span class=\"py\">xi\u00e0lai<\/span><\/span>. The <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> tile is a trap.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q7 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,4,5,2,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;He suddenly started singing.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6b4c<\/span><rt>g\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5531<\/span><rt>ch\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7a81\u7136<\/span><rt>t\u00far\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5531<\/span><rt>ch\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77<\/span><rt>q\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6b4c<\/span><rt>g\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>\u5531\u6b4c <span class=\"py\">ch\u00e0ngg\u0113<\/span> splits: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5531\u8d77\u6b4c\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5531\u8d77\u6b4c\u6765<\/span>. The <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> tile is a trap.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q8 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"3,1,2,0,4\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;After the New Year holiday, work gets busy.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5de5\u4f5c<\/span><rt>g\u014dngzu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u904e\u5b8c<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2w\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fc7\u5b8c<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2w\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u904e\u5b8c<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2w\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fc7\u5b8c<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2w\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5de5\u4f5c<\/span><rt>g\u014dngzu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5fd9<\/span><rt>m\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Adjective + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span> + \u4e86: things are starting to get busy.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q9 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"2,1,0,3;2,1,3,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;The room got bright.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eae<\/span><rt>li\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u623f\u9593<\/span><rt>f\u00e1ngji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u623f\u95f4<\/span><rt>f\u00e1ngji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u623f\u9593<\/span><rt>f\u00e1ngji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u623f\u95f4<\/span><rt>f\u00e1ngji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eae<\/span><rt>li\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><rt>q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u6765<\/span><rt>q\u01d0lai<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p class=\"also-note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u623f\u9593\u4eae\u4e86\u8d77\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u623f\u95f4\u4eae\u4e86\u8d77\u6765<\/span> is also correct.<\/p>\n          <p>Getting brighter is &#8220;getting more,&#8221; so <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8d77\u4f86 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0l\u00e1i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8d77\u6765 <span class=\"py\">q\u01d0lai<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q10 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"2,5,0,1,4,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;My grandma has started watching Korean dramas.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the 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