<p>In this case, 都 = 总, which means &quot;always&quot;; 要 means will.</p>
<ul>
<li>我(I)每天(every day)放学(finishing school)回家(returning home)总要(<strong>always will</strong>)经过(to pass by or to pass through)这(this)家(classifier? <strong>&quot;YES&quot;.</strong>)书摊(bookstall)，都要(<strong>always will</strong>)进去(to get in)看看(to see)。</li>
</ul>
<p>My translation:</p>
<p>Every day after school on the way home, I always will pass this bookstand and always will get in it to have a look.</p>

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r13
<p>(我)总要经过 (I) always had to pass by<br />
(每一次)都要进去: (every time I) always had to go in</p>
<p>印象中似乎没有什么押金，<br />
I don't remember (having to pay a) deposit,<br />
全凭信用。<br />
everything relied on trust.</p>
<p>我每天放学回家(时)总要经过这家书摊，<br />
Every day (when) school was over, on my way home, I always had to pass by that book stall,<br />
(每一次)都要进去看看。<br />
(every time I) always had to go in for a look.</p>

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Pedroski
<p>印象中似乎没有什么押金，全凭信用。我每天放学回家总要经过这家书摊，都要进去看看。</p>
<p>This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. I need your help for literally translating this:</p>
<p>我(I)每天(every day)放学(finishing school)回家(returning home)总要(?)经过(to pass by or to pass through)这(this)家(classifier?)书摊(bookstall)，都要(?)进去(to get in)看看(to see)。</p>
<p>As you can see I don't understand the 总要 the 都要. Also, I am not sure whether 家 is classifier here.</p>
<p>Pleco dictionary says that 总要 means nevertheless, 总 according to wiktionary may mean always. Also, 要 as yao1 means to ask or to demand and as yao4 has many meanings like to want, to wish, will, if, should. Finally, the 都 as du1 means capital and as dou1 means all, both and a general emphatic point. And 家 in wiktionary has a classifier meaning.</p>
<p>So how to translate here these characters, and how are they pronounced?</p>

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How to literally translate this: 我每天放学回家总要经过这家书摊，都要进去看看?
# How to literally translate this: 我每天放学回家总要经过这家书摊，都要进去看看?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-13)

印象中似乎没有什么押金，全凭信用。我每天放学回家总要经过这家书摊，都要进去看看。

This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. I need your help for literally translating this:

我(I)每天(every day)放学(finishing school)回家(returning home)总要(?)经过(to pass by or to pass through)这(this)家(classifier?)书摊(bookstall)，都要(?)进去(to get in)看看(to see)。

As you can see I don't understand the 总要 the 都要. Also, I am not sure whether 家 is classifier here.

Pleco dictionary says that 总要 means nevertheless, 总 according to wiktionary may mean always. Also, 要 as yao1 means to ask or to demand and as yao4 has many meanings like to want, to wish, will, if, should. Finally, the 都 as du1 means capital and as dou1 means all, both and a general emphatic point. And 家 in wiktionary has a classifier meaning.

So how to translate here these characters, and how are they pronounced?

**Tags:** meaning, meaning-in-context

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-06-13. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

In this case, 都 = 总, which means "always"; 要 means will.

* 我(I)每天(every day)放学(finishing school)回家(returning home)总要(**always will**)经过(to pass by or to pass through)这(this)家(classifier? **"YES".**)书摊(bookstall)，都要(**always will**)进去(to get in)看看(to see)。

My translation:

Every day after school on the way home, I always will pass this bookstand and always will get in it to have a look.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-06-13. Score: 1

(我)总要经过 (I) always had to pass by  
(每一次)都要进去: (every time I) always had to go in

印象中似乎没有什么押金，  
I don't remember (having to pay a) deposit,  
全凭信用。  
everything relied on trust.

我每天放学回家(时)总要经过这家书摊，  
Every day (when) school was over, on my way home, I always had to pass by that book stall,  
(每一次)都要进去看看。  
(every time I) always had to go in for a look.


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