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Mandarin · 13 November 2026 · The Ba Construction

把书看完把書看完

bǎ shū kànwánPinyin

to finish reading the book

verb phrase using the ba construction

Brings the reading material '書' forward to emphasize bringing the action of reading to complete completion using the resultative suffix '完'.

In a sentence

既然起租合同上有密密麻麻的细则,你最好坐下来把书看完,省得日后退租吃大亏。

Jìrán qǐzū hétóng shàng yǒu mìmìmámá de xìzé, nǐ zuìhǎo zuò xiàlái bǎ shū kànwán, shěngde rìhòu tuìzū chī dà kuī.

Since there are dense rules in the lease contract, you'd better sit down and finish reading the book [the document copy] completely so as to avoid suffering a massive loss during a future lease break.