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Meaning: Highly expressive variant of the 把-construction focusing on emotional impact or physiological states of people
这件事把我个人忙得团团转。
Zhè jiàn shì bǎ wǒ ge rén máng de tuántuán zhuàn.
This sudden turn of events has kept me frantically busy around the clock.
他这样一闹,把个家搞得鸡飞狗跳。
Tā zhèyàng yī nào, bǎ ge jiā gǎo de jīfēigǒutiào.
His chaotic tantrum threw the entire household into total turmoil.
这个消息把他高兴得跳了起来。
Zhège xiāoxi bǎ tā gāoxìng de tiàole qǐlái.
The news filled him with such boundless ecstasy that he literally leaped into the air.
•Must include the classifier “个” in patterns like “把我个人”; requires vivid and forceful state complements after “得”; highly expressive; distinguish result-oriented 把 from cause-oriented 让.
⚠️ Common Mistakes:
•Incorrect: 把我人忙得 → Correct: 把我个人忙得 (the classifier 个 must be inserted before 人).
•Weak complement: 把他高兴得很好 → Correct: 把他高兴得跳了起来 (requires an evocative, forceful complement depicting bodily or emotional reaction).
•Inappropriate: 本协议把我公司累坏了 (in legal text)
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一句话把她说得脸红到了脖子根儿。
Yī jù huà bǎ tā shuō de liǎn hóng dào le bózi gēnr.
That single sentence made her blush intensely all the way down to her neck.
•Confusing 把 with causative 让: 把 highlights the overwhelming result on the person, while 让 emphasizes the causative command/allowance.
