把树上能摘的果子都摘了个遍
“I picked every fruit I could from the trees”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我在树林里迷路了两天
“I got lost in the forest for two days.”
把树上能摘的果子 都 摘 了个遍
“I picked every fruit I could from the trees”
最后还是饿晕了
“but I still passed out from hunger.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '了个遍' is a quintessential spoken Chinese grammatical device used to inject dynamic storytelling flavor and emphasize thoroughness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
picked everything thoroughly; picked clean
The pattern 'Verb + 了个遍' indicates performing an action exhaustively over an entire area or set of items.
Marks the completion of an exhaustive action within the verbal complement construction.