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谅 (I bet / I'll wager …)
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I bet he won't dare
- Your friend boasts he'll jump into the freezing lake. You doubt it.
- I bet谅he他(even)也不敢。 — "I bet he wouldn't dare."
I bet谅 + person + (even)也 / not不 … = I'm sure, I bet
- I bet谅 (liàng) expresses a confident, often dismissive guess about what someone can or will do, usually negative: I bet谅he他不敢, I bet谅you你(even)也to make做not to arrive不到.
- It is literary and old-fashioned but still heard in set phrases.
I bet谅you你(even)也can't do it做不到。
Complete: “I bet he wouldn't dare.” ____他也不敢。
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谅 + person + 不 / 也….
Confident predictions
- it天so这么late晚(completed / change)了，I bet谅he他won't不会come来(completed / change)了。 — "It's this late; I'm sure he won't come now."
- I bet谅he他一个person人(even)也to move (i.e. relocate…搬motionless不动。 — "I'll wager he can't move it on his own."
it天so这么late晚了，I'm sure谅he他won't不会come来了。
Build: “It's so late; I'm sure he won't come.”
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Situation, then 谅 + person + negative.
Mostly negative, literary
- I bet谅 usually predicts what someone can't or won't do; positive uses are rare.
- In modern speech, me我to see看 / me我to guess猜 / to be certain肯定 are more natural: me我to see看he他不敢.
Which is the modern spoken equivalent of 谅他不敢?
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我看… is the everyday guess.
I bet谅 the verb: forgive
- I bet谅 also appears in forgive原谅 (forgive) and to understand谅解 (understand, make allowance): please请forgive原谅me我.
- Do not confuse the guess I bet谅 with these verbs.
please请forgive原谅me我。
In 请原谅我, 谅 means “I bet”.
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False. In 原谅 谅 is part of the verb “forgive”. The sense “I expect, surely” appears only in written patterns like 谅他不敢.
Recap
- I bet谅 + person + (even)也 / not不 … = I bet / I'm sure (a confident, often dismissive negative guess).
- Literary; modern me我to see看…; forgive原谅 = forgive.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Verbs.
Your friend boasts he'll jump into the freezing lake. You doubt it. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
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