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了不得

liǎo bu de

3-character word

What 了不得 means

1. terrific
2. terrible
3. (after {得|de}) very

The characters in 了不得

• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

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