不得

bù déㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    must not

  2. 2

    may not

  3. 3

    not to be allowed

  4. 4

    cannot

Examples

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學生不得在校園範圍內吸煙。

Students are forbidden to smoke on the school grounds.

你太老了,做不得這種事了。

You're too old to be doing this kind of thing.

朱庇特能做的,公牛做不得。

What is permitted to Jove is not permitted to an ox.

衰老不得,智慧不得不得。

Don't get older, get wiser.

我記不得哪把球拍是我的了。

I can't remember which is my racket.

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