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一下 · 看看 — “have a quick …”

Pattern: V + 一下 · VV

Verb + 一下, or the verb said twice, makes the action short and light: 请等一下 “wait a moment”, 你看看 “have a look”, 我们休息一下吧 “let’s take a short break”. Requests sound softer.

Examples

1请等一下。
qǐng děng yíxià
Please wait a moment.
2你看看这本书。
nǐ kànkan zhè běn shū
Have a look at this book.
3我们休息一下吧。
wǒmen xiūxi yíxià ba
Let’s take a short break.
4我介绍一下,这是我朋友。
wǒ jièshào yíxià zhè shì wǒ péngyou
Let me introduce — this is my friend.

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