# 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) means “extremely; terribly serious”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: extremely; terribly serious
- Pinyin: bùdéliǎo (bu4 de2 liao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 听到这个好消息，大家高兴得不得了。
  Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, dàjiā gāoxìng de bùdéliǎo.
  Upon hearing the good news, everyone was extremely happy.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [了](https://hanziro.com/word/le-completed-action/) (le): (particle) completed action; (particle) change of state

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-de-liao-extremely/

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