…得…【de】

得 and the comment after it – the degree complement from the 得 point – must come straight after the verb. When the verb has an object, the object can't sit between them, so it has to go somewhere else.

• × 他说中文得很好 → 他说中文说得很好
• × 他说得中文很好 → 他中文说得很好

Repeat the verb

Say the verb with its object, then say the verb again with 得.

A separable verb – one made of a verb and its own object, like 唱歌 or 游泳 – works the same way: the second half is the object.

Drop the first verb

In speech the first verb usually goes, leaving the object in front of the second.

The object as topic

The object can also go to the very front of the sentence. This is how you set two objects against each other.