越…越
yuè…yuè
Two dials chained together: 越…越
The picture Two dials chained together — raise one and the other rises with it. 越…越 chains two gauges so they climb together; 更 just lifts one gauge a single notch and stops.
Where the picture shows up in 越…越
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the longer it falls, the harder
雨越下越大。
yǔ yuè xià yuè dà
The rain is coming down harder and harder.
The water marks on the window pane growing thicker the longer the rain keeps up.
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the more you think, the angrier
我越想越生气。
wǒ yuè xiǎng yuè shēng qì
The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
A face going one shade redder each time the same scene is rewound in the mind.
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the more you read, the better
这本书越看越有意思。
zhè běn shū yuè kàn yuè yǒu yì si
This book gets more interesting the more you read.
A reader leaning a little further toward the book with every page turned.
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the faster, the better
越快越好。
yuè kuài yuè hǎo
The sooner the better.
The delivery countdown dropping while the star rating beside it climbs a notch at a time.
越A越好 turns up constantly in requests and haggling.
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time turns the first dial
他汉语说得越来越好。
tā hàn yǔ shuō de yuè lái yuè hǎo
His Chinese is getting better and better.
His pronunciation marked on the wall like height notches, a step higher each month.
越来越 is the same picture with 'time' sitting in the first dial.
All of it in one picture
越…越 chains two gauges together. The longer the rain runs the thicker the marks; the more the scene is rewound the redder the face; the more pages turn the further the reader leans. As the delivery countdown falls the stars climb, and as the months stack up the pronunciation notch rises. One rule covers all five: move the first gauge a notch and the second has to move with it.