粵

不bat1得dak1了liu5

bat1 dak1 liu5bù dé liǎo

English

  1. desperately serious
  2. awful; terrible; serious
  3. exceptional
  4. disastrous
  5. extremely
  6. exceedingly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大件事;好大鑊;好嚴重
  2. 好高嘅程度

Examples

  • 佢今晚靚到不得之了。

    She's stunningly pretty tonight.

  • 佢個女唱歌好聽到不得了。

    His daughter sings exceptionally well.

  • 呢件事俾佢知道就不得了喇。

    It would be disastrous if he found out.

  • 不得了喇,個病人唔見咗啊!

    Oh no, the patient has disappeared!

  • 呢套劇真係不得了喇,有國際大明星阿松做主角!

    This drama is fabulous, the international famous star A-chung will be the protagonist!

  • 我記不得了。

    I can't remember.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我开心得不得了。

    I was over the moon!

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 我真是哭笑不得了。

    I don't know whether to cry or to laugh.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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