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I'm confused by the sentence ”他又再一次的在那里找圣人”.
The sentence is from the book Pepper, Jeff; Wang, Xiao Hui. The Rise of the Monkey King in which the english translation reads as:
"Again he searched for holy sages."
It seems to me there are simpler ways to write this sentence. Particularly, I find the use of “又再一次” very convoluted (why not just use 又), nor I understand what is the function of “的” in "又再一次的“.
Basically, You can use either 又 (once more) or (again) 再 in this context
又一次尋找 = search once more (separate from the previous search)
再一次尋找 = search once again (renew/ repeat a search)
又再一次尋找 = search once more/ again
putting 又 and 再 together as a compound word 又再 is for emphasis and disambiguation.
Similarly:
尋 = 找 = search
尋找 = search
As you can see, putting two characters with similar meanings together to coin a compound is a common practice
閃(flash; dodge)
避 (avoid; dodge)
閃避 = dodge
As for 的 in 他又再一次的, it is used as an adverb marker (somewhat controversially) the same as 地 . It can be omitted
I agree. The sentence can be simplified as:
他又一次的在那里找圣人. Also, 的 can be omitted, as
他又一次在那里找圣人. Or, simply
他又在那里找圣人. Since 又 already indicates he has done that before, so it makes 一次 redundant.
But, we need to read/examine the full text to justify the simplifications.
