how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!
trad. 怎麼得了
Also written 怎麼得了【zěn me dé liǎo】
Characters in this word
4怎
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how
- Pinyin
- zěn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1389 of 2500
么
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exclamatory final particle
- Pinyin
- má
- Traditional
- 麼
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 294 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
了
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(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- Pinyin
- le
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4 of 2500