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The character "挺" combines the hand radical (扌) with the component 廷, which historically provided phonetic guidance and semantic associations with uprightness or formal bearing. Its early meanings involved physical actions such as straightening, propping up, or standing erect, often linked to the use of hands. Over centuries, its application extended to metaphorical senses like enduring or withstanding difficulties, and later it developed an adverbial role to indicate intensity, meaning "very" or "quite", marking a shift from concrete physicality to abstract emphasis.
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这个苹果挺好吃的。
他今天挺高兴。
这部电影挺有意思的。
虽然下雨，但他挺准时到的。
我觉得这个提议挺好，但是需要再考虑一下。
她挺喜欢在公园里散步，尤其是早晨。
如果你挺努力，就会取得好成绩。
尽管遇到不少困难，他依然挺直腰板，继续前进。