HSK 4 Complements
动词 + 下去
Keep doing with 下去
Structure Verb + 下去
下去 (xiàqù), besides "downward" (走下去 = "walk down"), marks CONTINUING an action already begun: 请说下去 = "go on, keep talking". 这样下去不行 = "we can’t go on like this". The potential negative is V不下去 ("can’t carry on"): 我学不下去了.
Examples
- 请说下去。
Please go on.
- 我学不下去了。
I can’t keep studying anymore.
- 这样下去不行。
We can’t go on like this.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.