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巴不得

巴不得

Chinese

 
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
 must not; should not; not be allowed
simp. and trad.
(巴不得) 		巴 不得

Verb

巴不得

  1. (colloquial) to be only too anxious (to do something); to eagerly look forward to
    我巴不得你快回家！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ bābude nǐ kuài huíjiā! [Pinyin]
    I can't wait for you to come home!

Synonyms

Etymology

巴 ‎(“to wait”) +‎ 不得 ‎(“unable to”).

Pronunciation

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