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Ate Meal 他吃了饭。 Implies Immediatly Happened 他吃饭了。 Not Past Simple

Front She ate (a meal). *
Back 他吃了饭。-implies immediatly just happened
他吃饭了。-not so immediate past
(Only with a simple V.O. compound can 了 go after either the verb or direct object)
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