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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

好好 [hǎohǎo]
  1. 1. adjective Very good; extremely normal.
    好好的一盆花让我给养死了。
    The pot of beautiful flower I raise has died.
  2. 2. adverb As good as one can; to the greatest extent.
    刚考完试,我想好好歇歇。
    I want to have a good rest, since I just finished an examination.
  3. 3. adverb In a proper way.
    好好改造,出狱重新做人。
    Try to learn from your mistakes in prison, then make a clean start.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

好好 [hǎohǎo]
  1. 1. 很好;很正常
    好好的一笔生意,让他给搅黄了
    说得好好
    树长得好好
    干得好好的。
  2. 2. 尽心尽力地;尽最大限度地
    好好想一想
    好好干。
    好好玩两天。
  3. 3. 规规矩矩地
    好好做买卖,别搞那些邪门歪道
    好好呆在家里,别上马路乱跑。
  4. 4. 口语中一般说"好好儿(hǎohāor)"。

Examples

把这幅画好好保藏起来。
Preserve the painting carefully.
昨天说得好好的,怎么变卦了?
Yesterday you agreed. What made you change your mind?
早上天气还好好的,不料下午竟下起雹子来了。
It was so fine this morning. Who would have thought it would hail in the afternoon!
这些青少年不好好念书,却成天玩牌,长此以往,怎么得了?
These teenagers don't work hard at their studies; instead, they play cards all the time. If they go on like this, what will become of them?
他们辛苦了一天,得好好酬劳他们一下。
We should reward them generously for a hard day's work.
好好饿他一顿就好了。
He'll feel better if you let him miss a meal.
凡事应该用脑筋好好想一想。
We should always use our brains and think everything over carefully.
吃东西好好嚼,容易消化。
If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.
他得好好睡一觉,才能解乏。
He needs a good long sleep to get over his fatigue.
我明天出差,你好好看着家。
I'm going away on a business trip tomorrow. You stay home and mind the house.

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