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<p>她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Here, 都 means &quot;<strong>all</strong> of the above - her eating, dressing, and spending habits.&quot;</p>
<ul>
<li>Her eating, dressing, and spending, all are different from the others.</li>
</ul>

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2023-05-29T19:05:45.377Z
2023-05-29T19:05:45.377Z
r13
<p>Your translation : Expenses which she spends for foods and attires/clothes are different from others.</p>
<p>Your understanding is correct about the 都. So I would modify your original translation to:</p>
<p>Her expenses of foods and attires/clothes are <strong>totally</strong> different from those of others.</p>

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2023-05-29T15:19:08.750Z
2023-05-29T15:19:08.750Z
Archeosudoerus
<blockquote>
<p>她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>My translation</strong> : <em>Expenses which she spends for foods and attires/clothes are different from others.</em></p>
<p>I guess that 都 which is used inside the original sentence functions as emphasizing that the girl/women is totally different from others. So I think that applying &quot;every&quot; or &quot;all&quot; (compared to other persons) to 都 here makes sense.</p>
<p>Concretely, I think that 都 here is linked to persons rather than the way she spends.</p>
<p>Is this my thought correct?</p>

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都 inside 她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。
# 都 inside 她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-29)

> 她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。

**My translation** : *Expenses which she spends for foods and attires/clothes are different from others.*

I guess that 都 which is used inside the original sentence functions as emphasizing that the girl/women is totally different from others. So I think that applying "every" or "all" (compared to other persons) to 都 here makes sense.

Concretely, I think that 都 here is linked to persons rather than the way she spends.

Is this my thought correct?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-29. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

> 她的吃穿用度，都和别人不一样。

Here, 都 means "**all** of the above - her eating, dressing, and spending habits."

* Her eating, dressing, and spending, all are different from the others.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-05-29. Score: 1

Your translation : Expenses which she spends for foods and attires/clothes are different from others.

Your understanding is correct about the 都. So I would modify your original translation to:

Her expenses of foods and attires/clothes are **totally** different from those of others.


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