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越是

yuèshì
adverb #12,302

Meanings

  1. 1 the more...
  2. 2 all the more

Examples

越是困难，越要坚持。
Yuèshì kùnnan, yuè yào jiānchí.
The more difficult it is, the more you must persevere.
他越是不让我去，我越想去。
Tā yuèshì bù ràng wǒ qù, wǒ yuè xiǎng qù.
The more he told me not to go, the more I wanted to go.

Tips

grammar
越是...越... is a correlative pattern meaning 'the more X, the more Y.' 越是 adds emphasis compared to plain 越.

Stroke Order

越 yuè
是 shì