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get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
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to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adverb
得了
- (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can
車進得了公園。 [MSC, trad.]
车进得了公园。 [MSC, simp.]- Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán.
- The car can enter the park.
大丈夫上得了廳堂，下得了廚房。 [MSC, trad.]
大丈夫上得了厅堂，下得了厨房。 [MSC, simp.]- Dàzhàngfū shàng deliǎo tīngtáng, xià deliǎo chúfáng.
- A true man can go up to the hall (meeting noble guests), and can go down to the kitchen (handling toils are chores).
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
得了
- (usually, in rhetorical questions, or with negation) awful; can't handle (a situation)
- 這還得了？／这还得了？ ― Zhè hái déliǎo? ― This is unbelievable! (lit. Is this still controllable?)
See also
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Interjection
得了
- (swift) all right!; OK!; well then; yeah!
- (loud, usually interrupting someone's proposal or bragging) c'mon!; that's enough!
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 得喇！
- (all right): (more common) 得 (dé)！
- (c'mon): (more common) 得了吧！
Verb
得了
- to be finished; to be over; to be done with