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title: "Budeliao Meaning: 不得了 (bùdeliǎo) Means “extremely”"
description: "不得了 (bùdeliǎo) means “extremely; awfully (after adjectives)”. Hear its tones and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budeliao"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 不得了 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

不得了 bùdeliǎo

## extremely; awfully (after adjectives)

## It can also mean

- terrible; disastrous
- amazing; terrific

## Its characters

1. 了 liǎo to finish

## In a sentence

悟空穿上新衣服，跟在师父后面，得意得**不得了**。

From [救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-10#library-word-965-968)

[More about 不得了](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%8D%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86)

## More words with 不 or 得 or 了

- [罢了 bàle](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bale)
- [蚌埠住了 bèngbu-zhùle](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bengbuzhule)
- [必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bibukeshao)
- [不安 bù’ān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buan)
- [不必 bùbì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bubi)
- [不便 bùbiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bubian)
- [不曾 bùcéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buceng)
- [不成 bùchéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bucheng)
- [不错 bùcuò](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bucuo)
- [不但 bùdàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budan)

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