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Grammar Pattern Profile · lao-shi
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老是...

📊 Corpus Indexed: 4 clips
Structure: [主语] + 老是 + [谓词/短语]
💡 Usage:

Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.

Sentence Pattern
Variations: 肯定建议式 (3) 否定劝阻式 (1)
Derived Expressions: 📌 是 (4) → 📌 老是 (4) → 📌 不 (2) → 📌 一样 (1) → 📌 上 (1) → 📌 不能 (1) →

[Variation: 肯定建议式]

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而现在 老是有本土的警察过来
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而现在 老是 有本土的警察过来

(四年了 什么都没发生) ── Previous context

“And now I've had cops over from the mainland”

《悬案》 · 16:11 [警匪刑侦]
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做事老是犹豫不决
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做事 老是 犹豫不决

(我呀) ── Previous context

“Well, I'm always indecisive.”

《叵测》 · 44:12
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我在电视上老是看到你 感觉就像我们认识一样
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我在电视上 老是 看到你 感觉就像我们认识一样

(我们认识吗？) ── Previous context

“I've seen you on the telly enough to feel like we do.”

《悬案》 · 10:53
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[Variation: 否定劝阻式]

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他又不能老是躺在里边
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他又不能 老是 躺在里边

(棺材里没人啊) ── Previous context

“He can't always lie in there.”

《佳偶天成》 · 27:47 [其他场景]
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