The word "越来越" is formed through a structural and conceptual repetition that visually and semantically enacts its meaning of progressive increase. It takes the core character 越 (yuè), meaning "to exceed" or "go beyond", and duplicates it, framing the character 来 (lái), meaning "to come", in the middle. This creates a mirrored, ladder-like pattern , 越...来...越 , where the repetition of 越 before and after the central action 来 conceptually illustrates one state exceeding itself repeatedly as time comes and passes, thereby building the sense of a continuous, escalating change directly into the word's very structure.