Chinese grammar: Descriptive complements

In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地， since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de"

Structure
Descriptive complements are used to describe the action of a verb. This would be done with an adverb in English.
verb/adjective+得+description

Examples

Nǐ shuō dé hěn hǎo.
你 说 得 很 好。

You speak very well.