不得了

bù dé liǎo

Dictionary entry

desperately serious

What does 不得了 mean?

不得了 (bù dé liǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1desperately serious

2disastrous

3extremely

4exceedingly

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-得déto obtain · to get 了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

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不得了

bù dé liǎo

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