要不得

Chinese

 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
not; no
 
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
simp. and trad.
(要不得)

Pronunciation


Verb

要不得

  1. to be no good; to be intolerable
    道理無窮學者要不得自足 [MSC, trad.]
    道理无穷学者要不得自足 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]
    Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.
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