恨不得

恨不得 hènbudé in a sentence

Desire strongly (hate to be unable - longs for)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

恨不得 (hènbudé) means Desire strongly (hate to be unable - longs for). 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 恨不得 马上飞回家。

Tā hèn bu de mǎshàng fēi huí jiā.

He could not wait to fly straight home.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恨不得

看到那道菜,我 恨不得 立刻尝一口。

Kàndào nà dào cài, wǒ hèn bu de lìkè cháng yì kǒu.

Seeing that dish, I was dying to take a bite at once.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恨不得

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How is 恨不得 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 恨不得 (hènbudé, "Desire strongly (hate to be unable - longs for)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 恨不得 an HSK word?

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