<p><strong>天天晚上</strong> is a single set phrase meaning every night.</p>

<p><strong>都</strong> refers to it [each evening].</p>

<p>Thus we have: [I'm] very busy every night.</p>

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2018-01-05T08:56:04.060Z
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Mou某
<p>天天晚上都很忙</p>

<p>he do is very busy in the evening everyday</p>

<p>(does english has this sentence? may be you can modify to a even fitable sentence)<br/><br/></p>

<p>天天 is just like everyday</p>

<p>晚上 is evening.</p>

<p>都  is do . it represent the empathize the work is busy </p>

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gkgy
<p>The word 都 refers to 每天晚上 or 天天晚上, or you may consider it refers to 晚上 not 天天. We repeat <strong>somethings</strong> (a one-character noun) for "every <strong>somethings</strong>" in Chinese, like 天天, is the same as 每天, which means <strong>everyday</strong>, also you may speak 人人 for 每个人, and 月月, 年年, etc. You may repeat Chinese <strong>measure word</strong> as well, like 个个 means <strong>each one</strong>, <strong>every one</strong>, 条条(大道) means <strong>all (roads)</strong>, 次次 means <strong>every time</strong>. You may also speak 一个个(人), which means <strong>(persons) one by one</strong>, and 一条条(鱼), 一栋栋(大楼), 一辆辆(车), etc.</p>

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xenophōn
<p>"天天" has the same meaning as "每天". Because "天" is a classifier, "都" here refers to "晚上".</p>

<p>You can see the details <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22every%22_with_%22mei%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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Reynaldi
<p>Does 都 refers to the 天天 or to the 晚上 in the following sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>天天晚上都很忙</p>
</blockquote>

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2018-01-05T18:23:24.100Z
天天、晚上、都 all are adverbial adjuncts (状语），都 being an adverb (副词）modifying the adjective predicate (形容词谓语）head word （中心语）很忙, (if it were not automatic, some might even say 很 also is a 状语）
user6065
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Why to use 都 here at all. How does it affect the meaning of the sentence?
Nikita Kunevich
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see https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26698/%e9%83%bd-vs-%e4%b9%9f-in-%e8%bf%9e-%e9%83%bd-%e4%b9%9f-structure esp.comments, it seems 都 as part of the predicate has to be viewed as applying to the rest of it
including 天天晚上
user6065
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Does 都 refers to the 天天 or to the 晚上 in the following sentence?
# Does 都 refers to the 天天 or to the 晚上 in the following sentence?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-05)

Does 都 refers to the 天天 or to the 晚上 in the following sentence:

> 天天晚上都很忙

**Tags:** simplified-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 天天、晚上、都 all are adverbial adjuncts (状语），都 being an adverb (副词）modifying the adjective predicate (形容词谓语）head word （中心语）很忙, (if it were not automatic, some might even say 很 also is a 状语）  
> **username_0**: Why to use 都 here at all. How does it affect the meaning of the sentence?  
> **username_1**: see https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26698/%e9%83%bd-vs-%e4%b9%9f-in-%e8%bf%9e-%e9%83%bd-%e4%b9%9f-structure esp.comments, it seems 都 as part of the predicate has to be viewed as applying to the rest of it including 天天晚上  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

**天天晚上** is a single set phrase meaning every night.

**都** refers to it [each evening].

Thus we have: [I'm] very busy every night.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-05. Score: 1

天天晚上都很忙

he do is very busy in the evening everyday

(does english has this sentence? may be you can modify to a even fitable sentence)

天天 is just like everyday

晚上 is evening.

都 is do . it represent the empathize the work is busy


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-01-05. Score: 0

The word 都 refers to 每天晚上 or 天天晚上, or you may consider it refers to 晚上 not 天天. We repeat **somethings** (a one-character noun) for "every **somethings**" in Chinese, like 天天, is the same as 每天, which means **everyday**, also you may speak 人人 for 每个人, and 月月, 年年, etc. You may repeat Chinese **measure word** as well, like 个个 means **each one**, **every one**, 条条(大道) means **all (roads)**, 次次 means **every time**. You may also speak 一个个(人), which means **(persons) one by one**, and 一条条(鱼), 一栋栋(大楼), 一辆辆(车), etc.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-01-05. Score: 0

"天天" has the same meaning as "每天". Because "天" is a classifier, "都" here refers to "晚上".

You can see the details [here](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22every%22_with_%22mei%22).


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