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The word "恰恰" is formed through the process of reduplication, where the single character "恰" (meaning "just" or "exactly") is repeated. This repetition does not create a new meaning from separate parts but instead intensifies and reinforces the original character's sense of precise appropriateness, resulting in a strengthened meaning of "exactly" or "precisely". It is a morphological construction where the whole is greater than the sum of its duplicated parts, creating a nuanced, emphatic adverb.

Word Definition - 恰恰

qià qià exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)

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