巴不得

bābudé
  1. (colloquial) to be only too anxious (to do something); to eagerly look forward to
  2. to be only too anxious (to do something); to eagerly look forward to

Wiktionary

Homographs

巴不得 bābude
  1. (coll.) to be eager for
  2. to long for
  3. to look forward to

Entry Composition

=1 巴 Bā
  1. Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
  2. the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
  3. surname Ba
  4. (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 Bājīsītǎn (Pakistan) or 巴西 Bāxī (Brazil)
=1 巴 bā
  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士 bāshì
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail
=2 不得 bùdé
  1. must not
  2. may not
  3. not to be allowed
  4. cannot
=2 不得 bude complement placed after a verb to express impossibility or inability; cannot; be unable to