Questions & Answers about zhège dòngzuò de zīshì bù duì.
Why does the sentence use both 动作 and 姿势? Don’t they both relate to movement?
They are related, but not the same.
- 动作 = a movement, action, or motion
- 姿势 = posture, pose, bodily position
So 这个动作的姿势 means something like:
- the posture used for this movement
- the form/position in this movement
In contexts like sports, dance, martial arts, or exercise, this often refers to form. The speaker is not just saying the movement exists; they are saying the body positioning while doing it is incorrect.
What is 的 doing in 这个动作的姿势?
的 links a modifier to a noun. Here it works like of or an attributive marker.
Structure:
- 这个动作 = this movement
- 这个动作的姿势 = the posture/form of this movement
So 的 connects 这个动作 to 姿势.
Without 的, the phrase would sound unnatural here, because Chinese usually needs a linker when one noun modifies another in this kind of relationship.
Why is it 这个动作? Why is 个 used here?
个 is the general classifier, and it is commonly used with 动作 in everyday speech.
So:
- 这个动作 = this movement
Even though some nouns have more specialized classifiers, 个 is very common and safe for learners in a sentence like this.