巴不得 (bābùdé) means Looks forward to (anxious). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 巴不得 这件麻烦事快点结束。
Tā bābùdé zhè jiàn máfan shì kuài diǎn jiéshù.
He wishes nothing more than for this troublesome business to be over soon.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴不得
听说可以提前放假，同学们 巴不得 马上收拾行李。
Tīngshuō kěyǐ tíqián fàngjià, tóngxuémen bābùdé mǎshàng shōushi xíngli.
Hearing the holiday might start early, the students could not wait to pack.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴不得
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How is 巴不得 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 巴不得 (bābùdé, "Looks forward to (anxious)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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Is 巴不得 an HSK word?
Yes — 巴不得 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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