地
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地 is the outfit you put on the verb
The picture The spot where you dress the verb. What is being done stays the same; only how it looks changes.
Where the picture shows up in 地
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dressed in slowness
他慢慢地走进来。
tā mànmàn de zǒu jìnlái
He walked in slowly.
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dressed in care
请认真地看一遍。
qǐng rènzhēn de kàn yí biàn
Please read it through carefully.
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dressed in a small voice
她小声地说了一句。
tā xiǎoshēng de shuō le yí jù
She said one thing quietly.
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dressed in cheer
大家开心地笑了。
dàjiā kāixīn de xiào le
Everyone laughed happily.
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dressed in one line at a time
他一句一句地翻译。
tā yí jù yí jù de fānyì
He translates it sentence by sentence.
地 goes before the verb and dresses it; 得 goes after and shows the result. Different seats entirely.