甚至 — “even”
Pattern: …，甚至 …
甚至 stresses that something goes beyond what you’d expect: 他忙得甚至忘了吃饭 “he was so busy he even forgot to eat”.
Examples
| 1 | 他忙得甚至忘了吃饭。 tā máng de shènzhì wàng le chīfàn He was so busy he even forgot to eat. |
| 2 | 这个问题很简单，甚至孩子都知道。 zhège wèntí hěn jiǎndān shènzhì háizi dōu zhīdào It’s so simple even children know it. |
| 3 | 很多人甚至不知道这件事。 hěn duō rén shènzhì bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì Many people don’t even know about this. |
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