Can someone explain me the comparison structure 像 … 似的?
Why in this sentence there is 得 after 红？
他脸红得苹果似的
Couldn't I have said this instead?
他的脸红像苹果似的
Is there a pattern/scheme that I can follow, so that it is clearer to me? Thank you.
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像 can be used as follows 像NP一样+adjective e。g。像苹果（玫瑰、鲜血）一样红 for more examples see iciba– user6065Jun 1, 2015 at 9:31
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他的脸（非常、很）红，像（是）苹果似的 seems possible， cf。鸡蛋煮得太老了，像胶皮似的，吹来阵阵暖风,使人感到就像是春天似的， 似： <动> be similar ； look like ； seem ； appear <副>（似乎） it seems ； as if，example with 像VP似 used as 状语：他在赛跑中简直像飞 似 地绕着跑道跑， all examples from iciba– user6065Jun 1, 2015 at 15:55
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(looks, feels, sounds, smalls...) as same as... 像...似的– TomJun 8, 2015 at 10:05
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4 Answers
"得" is often used after adjectives in Chinese language. Because "红" is adjective, so there is "得" after "红". For example, "她们两个人好得像一个人似的".
得 is a particle, it links a verb to a following adverb. So you have
他-脸红-得-苹果-似的
He-blush-得-apple-seems like 的
He blushed red as an apple.
We will leave aside the fact that some apples are green!
得 is a particle that introduces the complement of state. It is used after verbs or adjectives, and roughly means "in a way that".
他脸红得像苹果似的。His face became red 'in a way' that it looked like an apple.
You can't take the 得 off the sentence.
answered Jun 3, 2015 at 3:59
In this context, 得（it is read softly as "de"）is a structural auxiliary word. It is used behind adjective for indicate the relationship between "he's face' "and "the apple". For another example like this condition: 她的笑容美得像花。( Her smile is sweaty, flower is also beautiful, and if you want to get them together,to build a relationship, you need use 得 connect them.) Wish to help you:)
