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舍不得

shě bu de

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Traditional 捨不得

舍不得 (shě bu de) means "to hate to part with/do something; reluctant to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 舍不得 means

1. to hate to do sth
2. to hate to part with
3. to begrudge

The characters in 舍不得

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Example sentences

• 情侣很舍不得离开.
  Qínglǚ hěn shěbude líkāi.
  The lovers reluctantly parted.
• 我在这里有家人，离开时会很舍不得他们。
  I have family here that I'll be sad to leave behind.
• 我们的老板就连给我们涨一点工资都舍不得。
  Wǒmen de lǎobǎn jiù lián gěi wǒmen zhǎng yīdiǎn gōngzī dōu shěbude.
  Our boss begrudged us even a small raise in pay.

Words starting with 舍不得

• 舍不得孩子套不住狼shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù lángone who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)…

Where 舍不得 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Reluctance & Sentiment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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