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不得了 (bù dé liǎo): terrible, serious

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5adjective

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: terrible, serious
Characters: 3
Part of speech: adjective
HSK level: HSK 5

Full definitions

desperately serious
disastrous
extremely
exceedingly

Chinese explanation

表示情况非常严重或紧急，让人很担心
也表示程度很深，相当于“非常”“极了”，常放在形容词后表示赞叹或惊讶，如“好得不得了”。

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Character breakdown

HSK 1

no

HSK 3

to obtain

HSK 1

(completed action marker)

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