shì... de

[focus pattern]

  • created sense approved 是...的 · shì... de · [focus pattern] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    是...的

    shì... de

    [focus pattern]

    grammatical structure used to emphasize specific details of a past event, such as the time, place, manner, or agent of the action

    是, 的

    是 (literal) → 是 · shì · [identification] ... (placeholder) 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [focus]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense