Examples
wèi le为了bú不bèi被hóng shuǐ洪水chōng冲zǒu走，yǒu de有的rén人jǐn jǐn紧紧de地bào抱zhe着shù树gān干cháng dá长达shǔ数gè个zhōng tóu钟头。
为了不被洪水冲走，有的人紧紧地抱着树干长达数个钟头。
Some people clung to tree trunks for several hours to avoid being washed away by the floodwaters.
特兰西瓦尼亚曾是匈牙利的一部分，长达一千年。
Transylvania was part of Hungary for a thousand years.