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得可以

Mandarin · pinyin de kě yǐ

(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully

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得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
以: yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to

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5–3–3 · de5 ke3 yi3

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