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得了

得了

Chinese

 
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad.
(得了) 		得 了

Pronunciation

Adverb

得了

  1. (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can
    車進得了公園。 / 车进得了公园。  ―  Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán.  ―  The car can enter the park.
    大丈夫上得了廳堂，下得了廚房。 [MSC, trad.]
    大丈夫上得了厅堂，下得了厨房。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàzhàngfū shàng deliǎo tīngtáng, xià deliǎo chúfáng. [Pinyin]
    A true man can go up to the hall (meeting noble guests), and can go down to the kitchen (handling toils are chores).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

得了

  1. (usually, in rhetorical questions, or with negation) awful, can't handle (a situation)
    這還得了？ / 这还得了？  ―  Zhè hái déliǎo?  ―  This is unbelievable! (lit. Is this still controllable?)
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Interjection

得了

  1. (swift) all right!; OK!; well then; yeah!
  2. (loud, usually interrupting someone's proposal or bragging) c'mon!; that's enough!
Synonyms
  • (Cantonese) 得喇！
  • (all right): (more common) 得 (dé)！
  • (c'mon): (more common) 得了吧！

Verb

得了

  1. to be finished; to be over; to be done with

Etymology

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