"不得" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不得 | bù dé | must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot |   | |
Results beginning with 不得 | ||||
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | | |
| 不得了 | bù dé liǎo | desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly | | |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must | | |
| 不得劲 | bù dé jìn | awkward / unhandy / be indisposed / not feel well | | |
| 不得而知 | bù dé ér zhī | unknown / unable to find out | | |
| 不得要领 | bù dé yào lǐng | to fail to grasp the main points | | |
| 不得人心 | bù dé rén xīn | not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular | | |
| 不得更改 | ne varietur | | ||
| 不得已而为之 | bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī | to have no other choice / to be the last resort | | |
| 不得其门而入 | bù dé qí mén ér rù | to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc) | | |
Approximate Results for 不得 | ||||
| 舍不得 | shě bu de | to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge | | |
| 恨不得 | hèn bu de | wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth | | |
| 怪不得 | guài bu de | no wonder! / so that's why! | | |
| 顾不得 | gù bu de | unable to change sth / unable to deal with | | |
| 巴不得 | bā bu de | (coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to | | |
| 由不得 | yóu bù de | cannot help / to be beyond control of | | |
| 由不得 | yóu bu de | cannot help / to be beyond control of | | |
| 容不得 | róng bu dé | unable to tolerate / intolerant / unable to bear sth | | |
| 了不得 | liǎo bu de | terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very | | |
| 见不得 | jiàn bu dé | not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see | | |
| 算不得 | suàn bù dé | not count as | | |
| 要不得 | yào bu de | intolerable / unacceptable | | |
| 少不得 | shǎo bu dé | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | | |
| 怨不得 | yuàn bu de | cannot blame / no wonder | | |
| 使不得 | shǐ bu de | cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable | | |
| 来不得 | lái bu dé | cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit | | |
| 免不得 | miǎn bu de | unavoidable / bound to (happen) | | |
| 说不得 | shuō bu de | to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but | | |
| 哭笑不得 | kū xiào bù dé | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears | | |
| 动弹不得 | dòng tan bu dé | to be unable to move a single step | | |
| 迫不得已 | pò bù dé yǐ | to have no alternative (idiom) / compelled by circumstances / forced into sth | | |
| 见不得人 | jiàn bu dé rén | shameful | | |
| 求之不得 | qiú zhī bù dé | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | | |
| 万不得已 | wàn bù dé yǐ | only when absolutely essential (idiom) / as a last resort | | |
| 进退不得 | jìn tuì bù dé | can't advance or retreat (idiom) / no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position | | |
| 上不得台盤 | shàng bù dé tái pán | too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role | | |
| 上不得台盘 | shàng bù dé tái pán | (idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative | | |
| 郁郁不得志 | yù yù bù dé zhì | soured by the loss of one's hopes | | |
| 百思不得其解 | bǎi sī bù dé qí jiě | see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3] | | |
| 眼里容不得沙子 | yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi | 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 | | |
| 眼里揉不得沙子 | yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi | see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5] | | |
| 舍不得孩子套不住狼 | shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng | 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 | | |
| 侵权行为不得产生权利 | ex injuris jus non oritur | | ||
| 酷刑逼供取得的证据不得采信 | non-admissibility of evidence extracted by torture | | ||
| 使用自己财产时不得损害别人财产 | sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas | | ||
