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Definitions
1. (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
Components
得
dé
–
to obtain
了
liǎo
–
(of eyes) bright
Related Words
不得了
bù dé liǎo
–
desperately serious
怎么得了
zěn me dé liǎo
–
how can this be?
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
–
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)