巴不得 bābude eagerly look forward to

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Stroke order

巴不得 is written in 19 strokes across 3 characters.

巴不得 — the Chinese character for eagerly look forward to (bābude), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 巴不得 — eagerly look forward to

巴 — 4 strokes
不 — 4 strokes
得 — 11 strokes

Senses

(coll.) to be eager for
to long for
to look forward to

Characters in 巴不得

巴 bā — to long for; to wish; to cling to
不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
得 de — structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

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Related words

巴不得 is pronounced bābude and means “eagerly look forward to”.

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