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For instance, if I wanted to say in English: I like her because she is tall, skinny, and has long hair.

How would I do the tall, skinny, and has long hair in Chinese?

Would I say A, B, 和 C?

I know I can use the "you...you" grammar, but since I'm listing more than two objects I'm not sure if I can say "you....you....you."

Thank you very much.

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I would say 她又高又苗条,还有一头长发.

And I think you can use this structure 又…又…,还 for most of the cases, very simple and versatile as well. If you've got more than three objects, just add more 又 in.

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你还可以说,她很高很苗条,头发也很长.

But does that mean she is very tall, very skinny, and has very long hair?

Posted
But does that mean she is very tall, very skinny, and has very long hair?

Nope, 他很高 just means "he is tall." Unless you really stress the 很 when you say it, 很 does not usually mean "very."

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I like her because she is tall, skinny, and has long hair.

You should look at the original sentence, there is no "very" in it.

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