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Grammar Pattern Profile · yao-cai-neng
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要...才能...

📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
Structure: [主语/条件] + 要 + [动词/短语] + 才能
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Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.

Sentence Pattern

[Variation: 肯定建议式]

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要吃饱了饭才能下好蛋
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要 吃饱了饭 才能 下好蛋

(就连母鸡也知道) ── Previous context

“you have to eat well to lay good eggs.”

《我的妈妈是校花》 · 05:35
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[Variation: 否定劝阻式]

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有时候要放过别人才能放过自己
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有时候 要 放过别人 才能 放过自己

(其实我们每个人都有自己的困境) ── Previous context

“(Sometimes letting others go is how you free yourself.)”

《突然的喜欢》 · 01:55
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