恨 hèn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
恨不得
hènbude
to wish one could; to be anxious to
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
- 听到项目终于获批，他恨不得立刻召集团队开工。 Tīngdào xiàngmù zhōngyú huòpī, tā hènbude lìkè zhàojí tuánduì kāigōng. Hearing that the project had finally been approved, he wished he could call the team together and start work immediately.
- 听说明天放假，孩子们恨不得马上就出发。 Tīngshuō míngtiān fàngjià, háizimen hènbude mǎshàng jiù chūfā. Hearing there is a holiday tomorrow, the children wish they could set off right now.
- 太丢人了，我恨不得找个地缝钻进去。 Tài diūrén le, wǒ hènbude zhǎo ge dìfèng zuān jìnqu. How embarrassing, I wish I could crawl into a crack in the ground.
Related words
- 恨 hèn to hate
- 仇恨 chóuhèn hatred; enmity
- 悔恨 huǐhèn to regret deeply; remorse
- 怨恨 yuànhèn to resent bitterly; resentment
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 不对 búduì wrong, incorrect
- 不客气 búkèqi you're welcome
- 不用 búyòng no need to
- 不 bù no, not
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 是不是 shìbushì is it or not? (tag question)
- 不错 búcuò good; not bad