巴不得
bābudé
to be eager to; to wish very much
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 项目终于获批后，团队成员巴不得第二天就把方案全部落实。 Xiàngmù zhōngyú huòpī hòu, tuánduì chéngyuán bābudé dì èr tiān jiù bǎ fāng'àn quánbù luòshí. After the project was finally approved, the team members were eager to implement the whole plan the very next day.
- 弟弟巴不得明天就放暑假。 Dìdi bābudé míngtiān jiù fàng shǔjià. My little brother cannot wait for the summer holiday to start tomorrow.
- 她巴不得马上飞到妈妈身边。 Tā bābudé mǎshàng fēi dào māma shēnbiān. She wishes she could fly to her mother's side right now.