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不得了

bù dé liǎo
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 不得了

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

得
dé

to obtain

得了
dé liǎo

(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible

不得
bù dé

must not

了
le

(completed action marker)

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

得
děi

to have to

不
bù

no; not so

得了
dé le

all right!