zhè shuāng xiézi zǒu guò hěn duō mǎlù, xiànzài hěn zāng, xǐ qǐlái yǒudiǎnr máfan.

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Breakdown of zhè shuāng xiézi zǒu guò hěn duō mǎlù, xiànzài hěn zāng, xǐ qǐlái yǒudiǎnr máfan.

• 这zhè: this
• 现在xiànzài: now
• 多duō: many

Questions & Answers about zhè shuāng xiézi zǒu guò hěn duō mǎlù, xiànzài hěn zāng, xǐ qǐlái yǒudiǎnr máfan.

Why do we say 这双鞋子 instead of just 这些鞋子 or 这鞋子?

In Chinese, when you use 这 / 那 (this / that) or a number, you almost always need a measure word between it and the noun.

• 这双鞋子 (zhè shuāng xiézi)
  
  • 这 = this
  • 双 = pair (measure word for things that come in pairs, like shoes, socks, chopsticks)
  • 鞋子 = shoes

So the structure is:

• 这 + 双 + 鞋子 = this pair of shoes

If you say:

• 这些鞋子 (zhèxiē xiézi) = these shoes (possibly more than one pair)
• 这鞋子 is not standard; you’d normally say 这双鞋子 or 这只鞋子 (this one shoe).

Here the speaker is clearly talking about one pair, so 双 is the natural choice.

Why can 鞋子 “walk” (走过很多马路)? Shouldn’t people be the ones walking?

Literally, 这双鞋子走过很多马路 says “this pair of shoes has walked across many roads.”

This is a common and natural kind of personification in Chinese (and in English too: “these shoes have walked a thousand miles”). The shoes don’t literally walk by themselves; the idea is:

• The shoes have been through / used on many roads.
• It emphasizes the history and experience of the shoes.

You could also say it in a more literal way:

• 我穿着这双鞋子走过很多马路。
  I’ve worn this pair of shoes to walk across many roads.

But dropping 我 and letting 鞋子 be the “doer” makes the sentence more vivid and expressive, and is perfectly normal in Chinese.