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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
巴不得	巴不得	[ba1 bu5 de5]	/(coll.) to be eager for/to long for/to look forward to/	5131	1
百思不得其解	百思不得其解	[bai3 si1 bu4 de2 qi2 jie3]	/see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]/	4754	1
不得	不得	[bu4 de2]	/must not/may not/not to be allowed/cannot/	5570	1
不得不	不得不	[bu4 de2 bu4]	/have no choice or option but to/cannot but/have to/can't help it/can't avoid/	7121	1
不得而知	不得而知	[bu4 de2 er2 zhi1]	/unknown/unable to find out/	7121	1
不得勁	不得劲	[bu4 de2 jin4]	/awkward/unhandy/be indisposed/not feel well/	7121	1
不得了	不得了	[bu4 de2 liao3]	/desperately serious/disastrous/extremely/exceedingly/	7121	1
不得其門而入	不得其门而入	[bu4 de2 qi2 men2 er2 ru4]	/to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)/	1307	1
不得人心	不得人心	[bu4 de2 ren2 xin1]	/not to enjoy popular support/to be unpopular/	5096	1
不得要領	不得要领	[bu4 de2 yao4 ling3]	/to fail to grasp the main points/	3872	1
不得已	不得已	[bu4 de2 yi3]	/to act against one's will/to have no alternative but to/to have to/to have no choice/must/	5586	1
不得已而為之	不得已而为之	[bu4 de2 yi3 er2 wei2 zhi1]	/to have no other choice/to be the last resort/	4672	1
動彈不得	动弹不得	[dong4 tan5 bu5 de2]	/to be unable to move a single step/	6215	1
顧不得	顾不得	[gu4 bu5 de5]	/unable to change sth/unable to deal with/	6730	1
怪不得	怪不得	[guai4 bu5 de5]	/no wonder!/so that's why!/	5426	1
恨不能	恨不能	[hen4 bu5 neng2]	/see 恨不得[hen4 bu5 de5]/	5311	1
恨不得	恨不得	[[hen4bu5de5]]	/wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth/	840	2
見不得	见不得	[jian4 bu5 de2]	/not fit to be seen by/should not be exposed to/can't bear to see/	5413	1
見不得人	见不得人	[jian4 bu5 de2 ren2]	/shameful/	5413	1
進退不得	进退不得	[jin4 tui4 bu4 de2]	/can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver/stalled/in a dilemma/stuck in a difficult position/	6352	1
哭笑不得	哭笑不得	[ku1 xiao4 bu4 de2]	/lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)/both funny and extremely embarrassing/between laughter and tears/	3829	1
來不得	来不得	[lai2 bu5 de2]	/cannot allow (to be present)/cannot admit/	4134	1
了不得	了不得	[liao3 bu5 de5]	/terrific/terrible/(after 得[de5]) very/	1924	1
免不得	免不得	[mian3 bu5 de5]	/unavoidable/bound to (happen)/	5124	1
迫不得已	迫不得已	[po4 bu4 de2 yi3]	/to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances/forced into sth/	6352	1
求之不得	求之不得	[qiu2 zhi1 bu4 de2]	/lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for/	6286	1
容不得	容不得	[rong2 bu5 de2]	/unable to tolerate/intolerant/unable to bear sth/	6801	1
上不得臺盤	上不得台盘	[[shang4bu4de2 tai2pan2]]	/see 上不了檯面\|上不了台面[shang4bu4liao3 tai2mian4]/	1	2
少不得	少不得	[shao3 bu5 de2]	/cannot be avoided/cannot do without/	6086	1
捨不得孩子套不住狼	舍不得孩子套不住狼	[she3 bu4 de5 hai2 zi5 tao4 bu4 zhu4 lang2]	/one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)/(fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things/	2393	1
捨不得	舍不得	[she3 bu5 de5]	/to hate to do sth/to hate to part with/to begrudge/	6939	1
使不得	使不得	[shi3 bu5 de5]	/cannot be used/must not (do sth)/unacceptable/	5034	1
說不得	说不得	[shuo1 bu5 de5]	/to be unmentionable/be unspeakable/must/cannot but/	2024	1
算不得	算不得	[suan4 bu4 de2]	/not count as/	7121	1
萬不得已	万不得已	[wan4 bu4 de2 yi3]	/only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort/	6371	1
眼裡容不得沙子	眼里容不得沙子	[yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5]	/can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)/unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind/not prepared to turn a blind eye/	5352	1
眼裡揉不得沙子	眼里揉不得沙子	[yan3 li3 rou2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5]	/see 眼裡容不得沙子\|眼里容不得沙子[yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5]/	2745	1
要不得	要不得	[[yao4bu5de5]]	/intolerable; unacceptable/	458	2
由不得	由不得	[you2 bu5 de5]	/cannot help/to be beyond control of/	3281	1
鬱鬱不得志	郁郁不得志	[yu4 yu4 bu4 de2 zhi4]	/soured by the loss of one's hopes/	4054	1
怨不得	怨不得	[yuan4 bu5 de5]	/cannot blame/no wonder/	5108	1

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