怎么得了 zěn me dé liǎo

what's to be done?; how can this be?; what an awful mess!

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 81054th word

Definitions

  1. 1. what's to be done?
  2. 2. how can this be?
  3. 3. what an awful mess!

Characters

Character Meaning
怎 zěn HSK 1
how
么 me HSK 1
question particle
得 dé HSK 2
link verb to result or degree; to get; must
了 liǎo HSK 1
(completed action marker)