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迫不及待

pò bù jí dài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

迫不及待 (pò bù jí dài) means "impatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 迫不及待 means

1. idiomunable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay

The characters in 迫不及待

• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 及jíand; to reach; up to
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with

Example sentences

• 他迫不及待地想要知道结果。
  Tā pòbùjídài de xiǎngyào zhīdào jiéguǒ.
  He is anxious to know the result.
• 他迫不及待地想试一下他的新冲浪板。
  Tā pòbùjídài de xiǎng shì yīxià tā de xīn chōnglàngbǎn.
  He couldn't wait to try out his new surfboard.
• 我迫不及待地想要看到Tatoeba的新版本。
  Wǒ pòbùjídài de xiǎngyào kàn dào T atoeba de xīnbǎn běn.
  I'm very impatient to see the new version of Tatoeba.
• 等到周围只有她一个人的时候，她迫不及待地打开了那封信。
  Děngdào zhōuwéi zhǐ yǒu tā yīgèrén de shíhou, tā pòbùjídài de dǎkāi le nà fēng xìn.
  The moment she was alone, she opened the letter.
• 我向他道贺；也向裴林州长道贺，为他们所成就的一切。我迫不及待想和他们携手合作，在未来数月更新这个国家的许诺。
  Wǒ xiàng tā dàohè; yě xiàng péi Línzhōu cháng dàohè, wèi tāmen suǒ chéngjiù de yīqiè. wǒ pòbùjídài xiǎng hé tāmen xiéshǒu hézuò, zài wèilái shùyuè gēngxīn zhège guójiā de xǔnuò.
  I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

Where 迫不及待 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · píng–pò (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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