HSK 7–9 grammar · pattern
什么X的Y的
什么X的Y的 — X's and Y's and all that
Pattern
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How it works
什么…的…的 lists a couple of examples and waves at the rest, often dismissively: "all that stuff about X and Y". The tone is casual and can be impatient, so it suits informal speech.
Examples
什么钢琴的、画画儿的，她都学过。
Shénme gāngqín de, huàhuàr de, tā dōu xué guo.
Piano, painting, all that sort of thing — she's studied it all.
别提什么面子的、规矩的了。
Bié tí shénme miànzi de, guīju de le.
Spare me all this talk of face and propriety.
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See it in a story
In the app, 什么X的Y的 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.