了得

liǎode
  1. exceptional
  2. outstanding
  3. dreadful
  4. appalling

CEDICT

  1. 了卻、完結。
  2. 本領高強。
  3. 表示情勢嚴重得讓人無法忍受。反詰語句，多跟在還字的後面。
  4. 懂得、了解。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

了得 liǎodé

Entry Composition

=1 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=1 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
2 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

Containing this entry

怎一個愁字了得 zěnyīgèchóuzìliǎodé
  1. (last line of the poem 聲聲慢 Shēngshēng Màn by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照 Lǐ Qīngzhào)
  2. how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"?
  3. how can words express such sadness?
這還了得 zhèháiliǎodé
  1. How dare you!
  2. This is an outrage!
  3. Absolutely disgraceful!

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