不得了bù dé liǎo
Adj.desperately serious disastrous; terrible

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Practice writing 不得了 (bù dé liǎo) with our free printable handwriting worksheet

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
liǎo
neutral
extremely anxious
máng
liǎo
neutral
extremely busy
gāo
xīng
liǎo
neutral
extremely happy
Adjective + Nounwith大事
liǎo
de
shì
neutral
a very serious matter
Idiomwith没什么
méi
shén
me
liǎo
informalSpoken
nothing serious

Example Sentences with 不得了

gāo
xìng
le
He is extremely happy.
guǒ
zhè
ge
xiàng
shī
bài
hòu
guǒ
jiāng
yán
zhòng
liǎo
If this project fails, the consequences will be extremely serious.
nán
dào
méi
shí
dào
shì
tài
jīng
jǐn
liǎo
ma
Don't you realize the situation has become desperately urgent?
zhè
ge
cài
le
le
hǎo
duō
shuǐ
This dish is incredibly spicy, so I drank a lot of water.
fēi
dàn
méi
yǒu
jīng
huāng
fǎn
ér
lěng
jìng
liǎo
Far from panicking, he remained extraordinarily calm.
zhè
jué
fēi
shén
me
liǎo
de
shì
guò
fǎn
yìng
This is by no means a terribly serious matter; there's no need to overreact.
tīng
shuō
kǎo
shì
le
míng
kāi
xīn
le
Upon hearing that he got first place in the exam, his mother was overjoyed.
zuó
wǎn
de
bào
fēng
huā
yuán
nòng
zāo
gāo
liǎo
Last night's storm made a terrible mess of the garden; it was disastrous.