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    Using 高达 (gāodá) to express "reach as high as"

    Degree & Intensity
    Numbers & Quantity

    Structure

    Subject + 高达 + Number/Amount

    Explanation

    The verb 高达 (gāodá) means "to reach as high as" or "to be as much as." It is used to emphasize that a number or quantity has reached an impressively high level. For example, 率高达百分之十 means "the rate reached as high as ten percent."

    Examples

    • 这栋大楼高达三百米。

      Zhè dòng dàlóu gāo dá sānbǎi mǐ.

      This building is as tall as three hundred meters.

    • 今年夏天气温高达四十度。

      Jīnnián xiàtiān qìwēn gāo dá sìshí dù.

      This summer the temperature reached as high as forty degrees.

    • 这款游戏的下载量高达一千万次。

      Zhè kuǎn yóuxì de xiàzài liàng gāo dá yīqiān wàn cì.

      This game has been downloaded as many as ten million times.

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