<p>到处是 can be used interchangeably as 到处都是 and they means something exist everywere.</p>

<p>For example, 菜园里到处都是蘑菇 means mushrooms are everywhere in the garden.</p>

<p>Sometimes, 都 gives significance to the sentence, it emphasis that this specific place is unique as it has a specific object everywhere. </p>

<p>For example, 海里到处是水! means Ocean has water(which is a fact about ocean)
whereas if you say: 家里到处都是水 meaning there is water everywhere at home. You see that it is uncommon. </p>

<p>是means to be. So if you wish to use another verb with everywhere, you should remove 是 and replace it with a verb that you want to use。</p>

<p>Example: 到处跳舞： Dance Everywhere.
到处逛： Wandering Everywhere。</p>

<p>Hope That help.</p>

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2018-11-18T00:49:10.910Z
I see, my mistake is thinking of "everywhere" as the location where blowing was happening, but it's a result complement meaning that the result of blowing was "garbage being everywhere".
Ben Jackson
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2018-11-18T04:12:38.583Z
@Ben Exactly. 得 indicates a complement of degree, so a fairly verbatim translation would be “the trash outside had also been blown off to the point that it was everywhere”. The 是 is the existential 是 that means ‘there is’: 桌子上是书 = [what’s] on the table is a book; 桌子上都/全是书 = [what’s] on the table’s everywhereness is books = there are books all over the table. So 到处是垃圾 = [what’s] in every place is trash, and 到处都是垃圾 = [what’s] on every place’s everywhereness is trash = there’s trash all over the place. Leaving out the subject, you get 到处都是 = [it] is all over the place.
Janus Bahs Jacquet
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2018-11-18T08:38:47.780Z
到处是 used at the end of a sentence or alone sounds not very natural to me, I would just use 到处都是. But for other usage they are interchangeable.
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<p>From this Mandarin Corner video:  <a href="https://youtu.be/2JttZXFJrNg?t=28" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/2JttZXFJrNg?t=28</a></p>

<p>(Transcript provided on their website:)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>00:00:24,000 –> 00:00:28,000</p>
  
  <p>Dàjiē shàng hěnduō shù bèi guā dǎo le,</p>
  
  <p>大街上很多树被刮倒了，</p>
  
  <p>00:00:28,000 –> 00:00:31,700</p>
  
  <p>wàimian de lajī yě bèi chuī de <strong>dàochù dōu shì</strong>,</p>
  
  <p>外面的垃圾也被吹得<strong>到处都是</strong>，</p>
  
  <p>00:00:31,700 –> 00:00:34,166</p>
  
  <p>gēnběn méi bànfǎ chūmén,</p>
  
  <p>根本没办法出门，</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I don't understand why "everywhere" can't be expressed as just 到处 there.  If I Google examples it looks like 到处都是 is an entire fixed phrase that means "everywhere", but if I look up 到处, 到处都, and 到处都是 they are defined as "everywhere".</p>

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"Everywhere" as 到处都 or 到处都是
# "Everywhere" as 到处都 or 到处都是

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-17)

From this Mandarin Corner video: <https://youtu.be/2JttZXFJrNg?t=28>

(Transcript provided on their website:)

> 00:00:24,000 –> 00:00:28,000
>
> Dàjiē shàng hěnduō shù bèi guā dǎo le,
>
> 大街上很多树被刮倒了，
>
> 00:00:28,000 –> 00:00:31,700
>
> wàimian de lajī yě bèi chuī de **dàochù dōu shì**,
>
> 外面的垃圾也被吹得**到处都是**，
>
> 00:00:31,700 –> 00:00:34,166
>
> gēnběn méi bànfǎ chūmén,
>
> 根本没办法出门，

I don't understand why "everywhere" can't be expressed as just 到处 there. If I Google examples it looks like 到处都是 is an entire fixed phrase that means "everywhere", but if I look up 到处, 到处都, and 到处都是 they are defined as "everywhere".

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-17. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

到处是 can be used interchangeably as 到处都是 and they means something exist everywere.

For example, 菜园里到处都是蘑菇 means mushrooms are everywhere in the garden.

Sometimes, 都 gives significance to the sentence, it emphasis that this specific place is unique as it has a specific object everywhere.

For example, 海里到处是水! means Ocean has water(which is a fact about ocean)
whereas if you say: 家里到处都是水 meaning there is water everywhere at home. You see that it is uncommon.

是means to be. So if you wish to use another verb with everywhere, you should remove 是 and replace it with a verb that you want to use。

Example: 到处跳舞： Dance Everywhere.
到处逛： Wandering Everywhere。

Hope That help.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I see, my mistake is thinking of "everywhere" as the location where blowing was happening, but it's a result complement meaning that the result of blowing was "garbage being everywhere".  
> **username_2**: @Ben Exactly. 得 indicates a complement of degree, so a fairly verbatim translation would be “the trash outside had also been blown off to the point that it was everywhere”. The 是 is the existential 是 that means ‘there is’: 桌子上是书 = [what’s] on the table is a book; 桌子上都/全是书 = [what’s] on the table’s everywhereness is books = there are books all over the table. So 到处是垃圾 = [what’s] in every place is trash, and 到处都是垃圾 = [what’s] on every place’s everywhereness is trash = there’s trash all over the place. Leaving out the subject, you get 到处都是 = [it] is all over the place.  
> **username_3**: 到处是 used at the end of a sentence or alone sounds not very natural to me, I would just use 到处都是. But for other usage they are interchangeable.  

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