(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
改變
goi2 bin3
change
傳統
cyun4 tung2
customs
加
gaa3
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
東西
dung1 sai1
east and west
其實
kei4 sat6
actually
是
si6
is
畫蛇添足
wa2 se4 tim1 zuk1
to overdo it and spoil it
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