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不得了 (bù dé liǎo): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 5

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不得了 (bù dé liǎo): Desperately serious disastrous (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

不得了 consists of 3 characters.

to get; to obtain

[makes an exclamation]

Word Info

Pinyinbù dé liǎo

Meaningdesperately serious disastrous; terrible

Characters3

HSK 2.0Level 5

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxAdjective

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3.

How to Use 不得了 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 不得了 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Complement

jí急

de得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

neutral

extremely anxious

máng忙

de得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

neutral

gāo高

xìng兴

de得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

Adjective + Nounwith大事

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

de的

dà大

shì事

Idiomwith没什么

méi没

shén什

me么

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

4.

Example Sentences with 不得了

tā他

gāo高

xìng兴

dé得

bù不

dé得

le了

extremely busy

neutral

extremely happy

neutral

a very serious matter

informal

Spoken

nothing serious

。

He is extremely happy.

Zhè这

chǎng场

huǒ火

zāi灾

de的

sǔn损

shī失

zhēn真

shi是

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

。

The losses from this fire are truly disastrous.

rú如

guǒ果

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

shī失

bài败

，

hòu后

guǒ果

jiāng将

yán严

zhòng重

dé得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

。

If this project fails, the consequences will be extremely serious.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

méi没

yì意

shí识

dào到

shì事

tài态

yǐ已

jīng经

jǐn紧

jí急

dé得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

ma吗

？

Don't you realize the situation has become desperately urgent?

zhè这

ge个

cài菜

là辣

dé得

bù不

dé得

le了

，

wǒ我

hē喝

le了

hǎo好

duō多

shuǐ水

。

This dish is incredibly spicy, so I drank a lot of water.

tā他

fēi非

dàn但

méi没

yǒu有

jīng惊

huāng慌

，

fǎn反

ér而

lěng冷

jìng静

dé得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

。

Far from panicking, he remained extraordinarily calm.

zhè这

jué绝

fēi非

shén什

me么

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

de的

dà大

shì事

，

bú不

bì必

guò过

dù度

fǎn反

yìng应

。

This is by no means a terribly serious matter; there's no need to overreact.

tīng听

shuō说

tā他

kǎo考

shì试

dé得

le了

dì第

yì一

míng名

，

mā妈

mā妈

kāi开

xīn心

dé得

bù不

dé得

le了

。

Upon hearing that he got first place in the exam, his mother was overjoyed.

zuó昨

wǎn晚

de的

bào暴

fēng风

yǔ雨

bǎ把

huā花

yuán园

nòng弄

dé得

yì一

tā塌

hú糊

tú涂

，

zāo糟

gāo糕

dé得

bù不

dé得

liǎo了

。

Last night's storm made a terrible mess of the garden; it was disastrous.

HSK 5 Words

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地毯dì tǎncarpet; rug
不足bù zúnot enough; insufficient
不如bù rúit would be better to …not as good as
成语chéng yǔset phrase; idiom; proverb
吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; have a row
代替dài tìinstead
悲观bēi guānpessimistic
办理bàn lǐdeal with; attend to; handle
持续chí xùlast; continue; sustain
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; furthermore
出色chū sèoutstanding; remarkable; splendid
不耐烦bú nài fánimpatient

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Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3

不但

bù dàn

HSK 3

不同bù tóngHSK 3

Words with 得

觉得jué deHSK 2
得分dé fēnHSK 3
得到dé dàoHSK 3
懂得dǒng deHSK 3
认得rèn deHSK 3
记得jì deHSK 3
值得zhí deHSK 4
取得qǔ déHSK 4

Words with 了

为了wèi leHSK 3
了解liǎo jiěHSK 3
除了chú leHSK 3
受不了shòu bù liǎoHSK 4
了不起liǎo bu qǐHSK 5
得了dé leHSK 6
算了suàn leHSK 6
大不了dà bù liǎoHSK 6