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The character 好 combines 女 (woman) on the left and 子 (child) on the right, depicting a mother and child together. This togetherness is traditionally seen as something good, giving the character its core meanings of good, excellent, and favorable. Over time, 好 developed an alternate pronunciation and a verbal sense meaning to like, to be fond of, or to be prone to doing something, as well as an adverbial use to indicate a high degree of an adjective.
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这是一个好地方。
今天天气很好。
我喜欢好好休息。
这本书比那本书好。
你应该好好工作。
我知道这是一个好主意。
他为什么不做好作业？
尽管遇到困难，我们还是要好好生活。
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