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    Expressing 'to achieve' with 做到 (zuòdào)

    Actions & Events
    Result & Consequence

    Structure

    Subject + 做到 + Goal

    Explanation

    做到 (zuòdào) is a verb meaning "to achieve," "to accomplish," or "to manage to do." It combines 做 (zuò, "to do") with the resultative complement 到 (dào, "to reach"), emphasizing that an action was successfully carried out to completion.

    Examples

    • 只要坚持练习，你一定能做到。

      Zhǐyào jiānchí liànxí, nǐ yīdìng néng zuòdào.

      As long as you keep practicing, you can definitely do it.

    • 她终于做到了每天早起跑步。

      Tā zhōngyú zuòdào le měitiān zǎoqǐ pǎobù.

      She finally managed to get up early and go running every day.

    • 这件事说起来容易，做到很难。

      Zhè jiàn shì shuō qǐlái róngyì, zuòdào hěn nán.

      This is easy to talk about but hard to actually do.

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