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得了

dé le
HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

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得了
dé le Verb all right!; that's enough!
得了
dé liǎo (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible

Definitions

  1. 1. all right!
  2. 2. that's enough!

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Usage notes

Common mistakes

Not used as 'obtained' (得) followed by aspect particle 了; the phrase is a fixed interjection.

Formality

得了 can sound impatient or dismissive; use with caution in formal settings.

Grammar

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算了 and 得了 for “Forget It” and “That’s Enough”

Use 算了 to drop a plan or let something go, and 得了 to say “that’s enough,” “that’ll do” or “come off it.”

Reading: dé le Open guide

Example Sentences

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他 得了 癌症。
He got cancer.
他 得了 一个奖。
He won a prize.
他 得了 肺炎，需要住院。
He got pneumonia and needs to be hospitalized.
他 得了 急性肺炎。
He contracted acute pneumonia.
他最近 得了 病。
He recently fell ill.

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Words Containing 得了

不得了
bù dé liǎo

desperately serious

受得了
shòu de liǎo

to put up with; to endure

怎么得了
zěn me dé liǎo

how can this be?

跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)

Child Words of 得了

了
le

(completed action marker)

得
dé

to obtain

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

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright