得了
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2–5 · de2 le5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dak1 liu5
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adv · Etymology 1
- (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can
adj · Etymology 2
- (usually in rhetorical questions, or with negation) awful; can't handle (a situation)
intj · Etymology 3
- (swift) all right!; OK!; well then; yeah!
- (loud, usually interrupting someone's proposal or bragging) c'mon!; that's enough!
verb · Etymology 3
- to be finished; to be over; to be done with
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