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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

不得了 [bùdéliǎo]
  1. 1. adjective [表示惊讶] My God!
    不得了，着火了！
    My God! It's on fire.
    带孩子去酒吧，那可不得了。
    Taking children into bars is a shocking thing to do.
  2. 2. adjective [表示程度]
    这孩子淘气得不得了。
    This child is terribly naughty.
    他难劝说得不得了。
    It is incredibly difficult to persuade him.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不得了 [bùdéliǎo]
  1. 1. no way out; no end of trouble
    让人口这样增长下去，那可不得了。
    If population is allowed to grow like this, disaster will overtake us.
    如果把这个数值翻两番，那将是不得了的数目啊。
    哎呀，不得了，我把我们家唯一的一把钥匙锁在屋子里面了！
  2. 2. (used after 得 as a complement) extremely; exceedingly
    高兴得不得了
    be extremely happy; be wild with joy
    坏得不得了
    be very bad; couldn't be worse
    后悔得不得了
    regret it very much; be overcome with remorse
    她看他不开心，自己也难过得不得了。
    他现在身体好得不得了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不得了 [bùdéliǎo]
  1. 1. 形容情况很严重
    不得了,闯了大祸了!
  2. 2. 形容程度很深
    他俩好得不得了
    渴得不得了
See more results for 不得了 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

不得了,闯了大祸了! → 不得了
哎呀，不得了，我把我们家唯一的一把钥匙锁在屋子里面了！ → 不得了
不得了，着火了！
My God! It's on fire. → 不得了

Word Decomposition

不
[bù] 		+ 得
[de] 		+ 了
[liǎo]

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