巴不得

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
巴不得

Etymology

巴 (“to wait”) +‎ 不得 (“unable to”).

Verb

巴不得 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bābude)

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

   我巴不得你快回家！

   I can't wait for you to finally return home!

References

• "巴不得" (in Mandarin), nciku.com. URL accessed on 2009-06-18.
• 2005, Yu Feng; Zhijie Jia, Jie Cai, Yaohua Shi, Judith M. Amory, Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Handbook Of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions (Cheng & Tsui Asian Dictionary Series) (话是这么说：中国当代流行语手册) (in English/Chinese), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, ISBN 0-88727-424-2:
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "巴不得" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-06-17.

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