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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不可开交 [bùkěkāijiāo]
  1. 1. used as a complement after 得 to indicate a hopeless state of affairs
    忙得不可开交
    be up to one's eyes in work; be awfully (or terribly) busy

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不可开交 [bùkěkāijiāo]
  1. 1. 纠缠在一起,没法解开。形容无法摆脱或了结
    忙得不可开交
  2. 2. 只能用在"得"后作补语。

Examples

大伙儿在会上争得不可开交,他却在一旁看热闹。
Everybody at the meeting was arguing excitedly while he stood by and watched the fun.
他俩明天就要拜天地了,家里人忙得不可开交
Tomorrow will be their wedding day. Both their families are busy today preparing for the wedding ceremony.
每到春节期间,光是拜年就忙得不可开交
Each year during Spring Festival just making New Year's calls keeps people busier than bees.
快到秋灌的时候了,家里人忙得不可开交
The time for autumn irrigation is coming, all the family members are awfully busy.
他行政和经济双肩挑,每日忙得不可开交
In charge of both administration and economics, he is as busy as a bee every day.
他们互相撕扯着,打得不可开交
They are tearing at each other, locked in a titanic struggle.
他俩打得不可开交,丝毫没有要停手的意思。
The two are busily engaged in fighting, and have no signs of stopping.
两人闹得不可开交
两人吵得不可开交

Word Decomposition


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[kě]
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[kāi]
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[jiāo]

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