重
zhòng
heavy; serious
In a story
他的箱子是黑色的，不大，可是很重，有二十千克。His suitcase was black. It wasn't big, but it was heavy: twenty kilos.拿错的箱子 · The Wrong Suitcase · HSK 2
那年他父亲病得很重，要做手术，他就向胡明借了二十万元。That year his father had been very ill and needed an operation, so he had borrowed two hundred thousand yuan from Hu Ming.译错的一个字 · One Word Wrong · HSK 6
Grammar with 重
动词重叠
动词重叠 — verb reduplication (do a bit / have a go)
形容词重叠
形容词重叠 — adjective reduplication (vivid description)
数量重叠
一个一个 — one by one (in turn)
重动句
重动句 — verb-copying (V + Obj + V + complement)
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