"我吃了太多春卷了！"
Translation:I have eaten too many spring rolls!
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Grammatically 了 should be placed after a verb to express "something has been done". And just like Patrick_Dark said, 已經 + verb + ……了 has the same meaning, and colloquially 已經 can be omitted. But I would say that there's still a slight difference. 了 placing after a verb emphasizes more on the action itself, while 了 in the end or 已經……了emphasize the status that something has been done.
There's an implied 已經 here which is part of the 已經……了 structure hence the second instance of 了.
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The first 了 is to indicate the act of eating has been completed (ie. past tense), and the second 了 is required for the 太 ... 了 structure.
Although grammatically the first feels a bit closer to the Chinese, without a context, both English translations should be accepted.
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I ate too many spring rolls should be accepted. I feel it's actually more correct than I have eaten...
I did 'I ate too much spring rolls' and it was wrong. Think it should be correct.
It's wrong because you can't use "much" before countable nouns. You must use "many" here.
No they're different. Eggrolls are made of flour and egg, and it's empty in the middle. Springrolls have stuffings inside, could be meat or something else, and it's usually deep fried.
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At least in the US they're pretty much the same thing, they both have stuffing and are fried. Egg rolls have a thicker wrapper made with egg and generally have meat inside, while spring rolls have a thinner wrapper and usually only have vegetables.
I have no idea how that relates to the actual Chinese versions though...
No they are not the same. Besides, spring rolls are a famous dish in Vietnam, if you just Google it you see how different they look. Also, Spring rolls are transparent and usually the filling is prawns/shrimps.
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According to HSK3 我吃了太多春卷了would mean I have eaten too many spring rolls and am still eating them.
