Saturday, September 17, 2016

Expressing "both A and B" with "you…you…"

When you're getting descriptive, you may find yourself wanting to use multiple adjectives at a time. The character (yòu) can be used to give two qualities to something. Using the double (yòu) structure is like saying that something is "both... and... " in English. For example,

妈妈做的炸鸡翅又酥又脆。

Māmā zuò de zhá jīchì yòu sū yòu cuì.
The fried chicken wings mom cooks is both tender and crispy.

Please translate the following English into Chinese:
1.     The food in this restaurant is both inexpensive and good-tasting.
2.    The coffee in that restaurant is both expensive and bad-tasting.
3.    Zuckerberg is both young and rich.
4.    Her boyfriend is both tall and handsome.

5.     My older sister is both smart and beautiful.

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