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不得了 bùdéliǎo

不得了 bùdéliǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 不得了 bùdéliǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùdéliǎo | bu4 de2 liao3
English translation
desperately serious
disastrous
extremely
exceedingly

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Traditional form

不得了 bùdéliǎo

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ
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Etymology of 不得了 bùdéliǎo

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally written as . Depicts a hand ( cùn ) grabbing a shell ( bèi ), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get". The chì (movement) component was added later.

Positional decomposition

chì 旦寸

Number of Strokes

11
le

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a young child, similar to but without arms. Relation to meaning uncertain. Sometimes explained as a derivation from by cutting off the arms, depicting something being cut short or finished.

Positional decomposition

乛亅

Number of Strokes

2

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Example sentences using 不得了 bùdéliǎo

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wèi lǎo 绅士 shēnshì 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān , 紧张 jǐnzhāng 不得了 bùdéliǎo .

That elderly gentleman was exceedingly on the jump , as nervous as a man well could be.

骄傲 jiāoào 不得 bù dé le , 尾巴 wěiba qiáo dào 天上 tiān shàng le .

He is very cocky, his tail sticking high up in the air.

成绩 chéngjì kuā páo le , 缺点 quēdiǎn zhǎo le .

If we don't speak of our achievements, they won't run away . If we don't find out our faults , we'll be in a bad way.

měi zuò jiàn shì 一定 yīdìng yāo zuò wán ,即使 jíshǐ lěi 不得了 bùdéliǎo , Huán 继续 jìxù zuò .

Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to work even when he's dead on his feet.

那个 nà ge 退休 tuìxiū 老人 lǎo rén 轻松 qīngsōng yíng le 2,000英镑 Yīng bàng de 奖金 jiǎngjīn 高兴 gāoxìng 不得了 bùdéliǎo

The delighted pensioner walked off with a £2,000 prize.

不得了 bùdéliǎo Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 不得了 bùdéliǎo and their own compounds.

不得了 bùdéliǎo Compounds

See all 69 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不得了 bùdéliǎo in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
  • 得了 dé le
    • le
      • hēng
        • hēng , pēng , tíng , hēng , , , ,
      • liáo , Liáo , liǎo , , , ,
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