The 太……了 pattern
In Chinese, 太……了 (tài… le) states with feeling that a quality or situation is at a very high degree.
In English it is usually rendered as “so …!”, “too …!”, “how … it is!”.
Basic structure
太 + adjective / state + 了
Meaning:
so …! / too …!
太冷了！
太tàitoo / so
冷lěngcold
了legives the state its force
这个杯子太小了
这个杯子zhège bēizithis cup
太tàitoo
小xiǎosmall
了lemarks the degree
我们今天太高兴了！
我们wǒmenwe
今天jīntiāntoday
太tàiso
高兴gāoxìnghappy
了lethe emotional force
The rule in short
太 + adjective / state + 了
Meaning:
it marks a quality or state as being at a very high degree.
Examples:
太冷了！
太小了
太高兴了！