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不得了

bùdéliǎo

A1 Level 3* ★ Core word
Stative verb

不得了 (bùdéliǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “desperately serious”. It sits at TOCFL Level 3* (CEFR A1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

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Example

孩子不見了，媽媽急得不得了。

The child went missing, and the mother was terribly worried.

Related words at this level

伯母步不停不只不管參觀餐桌層

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).