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着呢
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

着呢 [zhene]
  1. 1. [verbal] (used as an intensive at the end of a sentence, after adjectives or verbs that admit of differences of degree) very (much); quite; awfully
    他阔着呢
    He is awfully rich.
    天儿冷着呢
    It's dreadfully cold.
    那条路难走着呢
    The going is very hard over that road.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

着呢 [zhene]
  1. 1. 助 [口] 用在形容词或形容词性词语后面,表示强调某种性质或状态,略有夸张意味
    他们俩好着呢
    这条路难走着呢

Examples

小狗不住地磨烦着要我带它出去散步, 可我正忙着呢
The dog keeps pestering me to take him out for a walk. But I am busy now. 磨烦
别人正忙着呢,你别在这儿瞎搀和。
We are busy. Don't hang around interfering. 搀和
叔叔忙着呢,你别捣乱。
Uncle's busy. Don't disturb him. 捣乱
以后要借重您的地方还多着呢
We'll need a lot more of your help in the future. 借重
你骗不了他;他精明着呢,不会上当。
You can't fool him; he's much too clever for that. 精明
他忙着呢,别纠缠他了。
He's busy. Stop pestering him. 纠缠
他嘴里不说,心里可是想着呢
He wouldn't say it, but he sure was thinking it! 可是
别穿那双袜子,还湿着呢
Don't wear those socks, they're still damp. 湿
她的嘴严实着呢
She has tight lips. 严实
雪正下着呢
It's snowing.

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