不得了

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Chinese

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not; no controllable; can be handled
simp. and trad.
(不得了)
得了
anagram 了不得

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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不得了

  1. desperately serious; disastrous; terrible; awful
  2. (colloquial) terrific; awesome

Synonyms

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  • (serious):
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  • (terrific):
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Adverb

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不得了

  1. extremely
    不得了  ―  kuài de bùdéliǎo  ―  extremely fast
    不得了 [Cantonese, trad.]
    不得了 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tiu4 gaai1 do1 jan4 dou3 bat1 dak1 liu5. [Jyutping]
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Interjection

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不得了

  1. (colloquial) oh my God