不得
Chinese edit
not; no | get; obtain; gain 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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (不得) |
不 | 得 |
Pronunciation 1 edit
Verb edit
不得
- (auxiliary) must not; should not; not be allowed
- to not receive
- 窈窕淑女,寤寐求之。求之不得,寤寐思服。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, wùmèi qiú zhī. Qiú zhī bùdé, wùmèi sīfú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
Waking and sleeping, he sought her.
He sought her and found her not,
And waking and sleeping he thought about her.
Synonyms edit
- (must not): (literary) 不容 (bùróng)
Derived terms edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Verb edit
不得
- complement placed after a verb to express impossibility or inability; cannot; be unable to