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Verb + 得 + 倒 + Adj (a pointed note)
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Easy for you to say
- Your flatmate says moving all the furniture will be easy, but he has no plans to help.
- you你say说(degree marker)得(how nice)倒easy容易，who谁to come来to move (i.e. relocate…搬(and …? / softener)呢？ — "That's easy for you to say — who's going to do the lifting?"
Verb + (degree marker)得 + (how nice)倒 + Adj
- V (degree marker)得(how nice)倒 + Adj comments on how someone does or says something, with a pointed contrast: the claim is fine, but reality is different.
- Typical: say说(degree marker)得(how nice)倒easily轻松, think想(degree marker)得(how nice)倒nicely美, say说(degree marker)得(how nice)倒good好to listen to听.
you你think想得(how nice)倒nicely美。
Retort: “That's easy for you to say!” 你说得____容易！
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V 得倒 + Adj = pointed contrast.
Irony, and sincere surprise
- Ironic: he / him他think想(degree marker)得(how nice)倒nicely美，to think (i.e. to take it…以为not不variant of 复习复习also也can / be able to能to check考full marks满分。 — "Dream on — he thinks he can get full marks without revising."
- Sincere: this这child孩子draws画(degree marker)得(how nice)倒quite well不错。 — "This child actually draws rather well." (how nice)倒 marks that it is better than expected.
this这child孩子draws画得actually倒quite well不错。
这孩子画得倒不错 can be sincere praise.
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倒 can mark that something is better than expected.
Build: “Dream on — he thinks he can pass without revising.”
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想得倒美 = dream on.
(how nice)倒 sits after (degree marker)得
- Order: verb + (degree marker)得 + (how nice)倒 + adjective: say说(degree marker)得(how nice)倒easy容易, not say说(how nice)倒(degree marker)得easy容易.
- Not every (how nice)倒 sentence is sarcastic; tone and context decide whether it is a jab or a pleasant surprise.
Which order is correct?
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The pattern is verb + 得 + 倒 + adjective: 你说得倒轻松 (“You make it sound easy”, implying it is not). 倒 sits inside the complement, after 得 and before the adjective, and 得 appears only once.
Versus a plain (degree marker)得 complement
- you你say说(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很easy容易 just describes the manner.
- you你say说(degree marker)得(how nice)倒easy容易 implies "but it isn't really": the contrast with reality is the point.
you你say说得(how)倒easily轻松。
Recap
- V (degree marker)得(how nice)倒 + Adj = it sounds / looks … (but reality differs), or "actually rather …".
- Order V + (degree marker)得 + (how nice)倒 + Adj; tone decides irony or sincere surprise.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
Your flatmate says moving all the furniture will be easy, but he has no plans to help. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.