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The word "似的" is formed by combining the character "似", meaning "similar to", with the structural particle "的", which here serves to nominalize and attach the preceding element, creating a suffix that indicates resemblance or likeness, as in "like" or "as if". This construction allows "似的" to be appended to nouns or phrases to express comparison, such as in "孩子似的" meaning "childlike". The formation directly merges the semantic content of "似" with the grammatical function of "的" to produce a unified comparative marker.
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她笑得像花似的。
他的声音像钟似的响亮。
那个人像疯了似的在大街上奔跑。
整个房间安静得像没人似的。
尽管天气炎热，但他工作起来像不知道累似的。