Difference between revisions of "Adjectival complement "de budeliao""

Revision as of 09:40, 14 June 2013

Level

B2 / HSK5
Level

B2
Level

HSK5
Similar to
- Negative adjectives with "-si le" (A2)
- Adjectival complement "de hen" (B2)
- Advanced degree complements (B2)
Similar to
- Negative adjectives with "-si le" (HSK4)
- Adjectival complement "de hen" (HSK5)
- Advanced degree complements (HSK5)
Used for

Expressing degree, Emphasizing, Expressing quality
Keywords

不, 得, 不得了

得不得了 (de bùdéliǎo) can be used as a complement to suggest a situation is serious, or is likely to result in perhaps terrible consequences. It can be used in a positive sense, like in English when we say "I'm terribly happy".

Structure

Adjective + 得不得了

Examples

升职的事情让他高兴 得不得了。
嗨，他跟老总的关系好 得不得了，你一定要小心！
爸爸气 得不得了，你要倒霉啦。
她的妈妈刚去世，她难过 得不得了。

Sources and further reading

Books

Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇) (pp. 134-5)→buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 5 (新实用汉语课本5) (pp. 53)→buy
Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 262) →buy
Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (p. 159) →buy

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 * [[New Practical Chinese Reader 5 (新实用汉语课本5) ]] (pp. 53)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561914083/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561914083 →buy]
 * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)]] (pp. 262) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
+* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2]] (p. 159) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276881/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0887276881 →buy]