metlx Posted March 2, 2015 at 08:21 PM Report Posted March 2, 2015 at 08:21 PM "你忍心把我辛苦赚来的钱一次就吃光啊？Translation says this means "You have the heart to take my hard-earned money and swallow it up in one shot?" I don‘t understand the function of 就 and positioning of 一次 in that sentence.. Can someone explain it to me? Would "你忍心把我辛苦赚来的钱一次吃光啊？" (without 就 ) be wrong? Quote
yifeng Posted March 3, 2015 at 12:56 AM Report Posted March 3, 2015 at 12:56 AM 就 is just used for emphasis, so "你忍心把我辛苦赚来的钱一次吃光啊？" is right. 一次 is used as an adverb, which means "in a very short time". 1 Quote
Demonic_Duck Posted March 3, 2015 at 07:23 AM Report Posted March 3, 2015 at 07:23 AM “一次” - “one time”. “一次就” - “in just a single time”. “就” signifies that it's a short amount of time. 2 Quote
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