Language exercises on verb 
complements and 把 sentences
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| How do you say : "open the case"? 
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| Hint: 
The main 
    verb is 
打
dă
to open, and the result of the action 
打
dă 
to open 
    is that the two parts of the case will be 
开
kāi 
apart. 
    The correct complement is 
开
kāi.           [Answer] [Comments]                 |  
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把书包打开         [Comments]                 |  
| Comment: One can also say
    
    打开书包
dă 
kāi 
    shūbāo.  
打
dă 
is a colloquial usage, 
    and another way to say it is 
开开书包
kāi kāi
shūbāo. 
    As you may have noticed that both characters 
开 
    are pronounced in the first tone, unlike the duplicated verb 
开开
kāikai. There are more usages 
    of the verb 
打dă.
    打can 
    also mean to fetch a liquid-like object, e.g., 
打水
dă 
shuǐ 
to fetch water,
    
    打酱油
dă jiàngyóu 
to buy some soy sauce.
    打听
dă tīng 
find out information, 
    make an inquiry.     
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