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双双 (shuāng shuāng) — (noun) pairs (formal/literary)

Definition

A literary adverb meaning 'both (of two)' placed before the verb to emphasize that two people or things do the same thing together, as in 双双获得 ('both won').

noun
pairs (formal/literary)

Examples

  • 双双。
    Tā men shuāng shuāng huò dé le jiǎng xué jīn.
    They both won scholarships.
  • 双双。
    Zhè duì xīn rén shuāng shuāng bù rù le hūn yīn diàn táng.
    The newlyweds both entered the marriage hall.
  • 双双。
    Tā men liǎng rén shuāng shuāng tōng guò le kǎo shì.
    The two of them both passed the exam.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

双shuāngpair
双shuāngpair

双 means pair; appearing twice, it conveys two by two or in pairs.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

Open 双 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

Open 双 →
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