越

the more…, the more…; increasingly

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adverb Common #2,708
the more…, the more…; increasingly Often used in the paired pattern 越……越…… to show that one thing changes as another does.
CH: 你越练习,汉语就越好。
EN: The more you practice, the better your Chinese gets.

糟了,靓女,我越看你越漂亮

Oh my, beautiful—the more I look at you, the prettier you get.

— 少林足球 (2001)

他的血越出越多!

His bleeding is getting worse!

— 爱情是狗娘 (2000)

就像老子的鞋一样越换越精彩

Just like my shoes—the more I change them, the better they get.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

越少人知道越好

The fewer people who know, the better.

— 窃听风暴 (2006)

我越生气,就笑得越厉害

The angrier I get, the harder I laugh.

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

可我反倒是越疼越喜欢

If anything, I like it more the more it hurts.

— 妈咪 (2014)

越拖时间他情况就会越糟糕

The longer you wait, the worse his condition will get.

— 触不可及 (2011)

夜越深,人越疯

The later the night, the crazier people get.

— 我是谁:没有绝对安全的系统 (2014)

我们越老,记忆力就越差。

The older we get, the worse our memory becomes.

怎么越瞧越像那个水坝

The more I look at it, the more it looks like that dam.

— 世界 (2004)

进入到山里面越深,我们见到的人也越多。

The deeper we went into the mountains, the more people we saw.

— 摩托日记 (2004)

越远能量越高。

The farther away, the higher the energy.

— 大象 (2003)

我在这儿坐得越久遇到危险的人就会越多

The longer I stay here, the more dangerous people I’ll encounter.

— 风吹麦浪 (2006)

他们哭得越凶我就哭得越凶

The harder they cried, the harder I cried.

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

他喜欢刺激的越不正常的越好

He likes thrills—the more extreme and unconventional, the better.

— 我是谁:没有绝对安全的系统 (2014)

这雨越下越大了

The rain is getting heavier and heavier.

— 黄飞鸿之一:壮志凌云 (1991)

队伍越排越长。

The line keeps getting longer.

越看越紧张

The more I watch, the more nervous I get.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

不过你我也不是越活越年轻

But neither of us is getting any younger.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

要不越睡越糊涂

Maybe the more you sleep, the groggier you get.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

步枪是你学习使用的第一件武器…因为它让你跟目标保持距离你越专业…你就离目标越近

The rifle is the first weapon you learn to use... because it lets you keep your distance from the target. The more skilled you become... the closer you get to the target.

— 这个杀手不太冷 (1994)

你越动就越疼

The more you move, the more it hurts.

— 追击者 (2008)

他越是奉承我,我越觉得他讨厌。

The more he flatters me, the more I dislike him.

好,越唱越好

Okay, you're getting better and better at singing.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

他越说越兴奋。

The more he talked, the more excited he became.

越动越紧的放开我

The more I struggle, the tighter it gets. Let me go!

— 警察故事 (1985)

卓格的发明越老越值钱

Zhuoge's inventions become more valuable with age.

— 第五元素 (1997)

越等越会晚,越晚越担心

The longer I wait, the later it gets, and the later it gets, the more worried I become.

— 重庆森林 (1994)

我听得越多,就会变得越糊涂

The more I listen, the more confused I get.

— 罗生门 (1950)

雨越下越大。

The rain is getting heavier and heavier.

越早越好

The sooner, the better.

— 四百击 (1959)

你越快说我就越快走

The faster you tell me, the sooner I’ll leave.

— 睁开你的双眼 (1997)

他越是拼命反抗那绳子就绑的越紧

The harder he struggles, the tighter the rope binds him.

— 罗生门 (1950)

那人的病很严重,越早治疗越有希望。

That person's illness is very serious; the sooner it's treated, the better the chances of recovery.

— 摩托日记 (2004)

我们别把事情越弄越复杂了吧

Let's not make things more complicated than they already are.

— 天才一族 (2001)

你最近越看越性感哦

You're looking sexier and sexier lately.

— 母亲 (2009)

在那之前,我们离海盗窝点越远,我就越安心。

Until then, the farther we get from the pirates’ hideout, the more at ease I’ll feel.

越说不通就越好

The more nonsensical, the better.

— 瞬息全宇宙 (2022)

越急越出错

The more hurried you are, the more mistakes you make.

— 镜子 (1975)

在巴黎待得越久,我就越喜欢巴黎。

The longer I stay in Paris, the more I like it.

工作越公开,批评就越多。

The more public your work is, the more criticism you’ll receive.

你一天一天越摆越靠过来今天干脆直接摆在柜台旁边啊?

You keep moving it closer day by day—today you went ahead and put it right next to the counter?

— 海角七号 (2008)

我们越有名他们买的房子越大

The more famous we become, the bigger the houses they buy.

— 几近成名 (2000)

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