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不得了 (bù dé liǎo) – desperately serious

bù dé liǎo

desperately serious

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1desperately serious
  2. 2disastrous
  3. 3extremely
  4. 4exceedingly

Example sentences

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  • 我記不得了。

    wǒ jì bù dé liǎo 。

    I can't remember.

  • 我开心得不得了。

    wǒ kāi xīn dé bù dé liǎo 。

    I was over the moon!

Related words

不

bù

no

了

le

(completed action marker)

得

dé

to obtain

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

除了

chú le

besides

记得

jì de

to remember

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

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