yújiā hé lāshēn dōu kěyǐ fàngsōng jīròu.

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Breakdown of yújiā hé lāshēn dōu kěyǐ fàngsōng jīròu.

• 和hé: and
• 可以kěyǐ: can
• 放松fàngsōng: to relax

Questions & Answers about yújiā hé lāshēn dōu kěyǐ fàngsōng jīròu.

Why is 都 used in this sentence?

都 means both or all. In 瑜伽和拉伸都可以放松肌肉, it tells you that yoga and stretching both can relax the muscles.

A useful pattern is:

A 和 B 都 + verb/adjective

So here:

• 瑜伽和拉伸 = yoga and stretching
• 都可以放松肌肉 = both can relax the muscles

Without 都, the sentence is still understandable, but 都 makes the idea of both of them clearer.

Why does 都 come before 可以?

Chinese adverbs usually come before the verb phrase they modify. Here, 都 is modifying the whole predicate 可以放松肌肉.

So the order is:

瑜伽和拉伸 + 都 + 可以 + 放松肌肉

This is the natural word order in Chinese.

You can think of it as:

• 瑜伽和拉伸 = the two things being discussed
• 都 = both
• 可以放松肌肉 = can relax the muscles

What does 和 do here? Is it exactly the same as English and?