Difference between revisions of "Adjectival complement "de budeliao""
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* [[Adjectival Complement "de hen"]] | * [[Adjectival Complement "de hen"]] | ||
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* [[Positive adjectives with "-ji le"]] | * [[Positive adjectives with "-ji le"]] | ||
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== Sources and further reading == | == Sources and further reading == | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 20 September 2012
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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。
See also
- Adjectival Complement "de hen"
- Descriptive Complements
- Negative adjectives with "-si le"
- Positive adjectives with "-ji le"
