得不到 meaning in English

débùdào

cannot get; cannot obtain

23 strokes

Meaning of 得不到

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

débùdào
  1. cannot get
  2. cannot obtain

得不到 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

得dé不bú到dào的de东dōng西xī就jiù最zuì想xiǎng得de到dào。
It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.
如rú果guǒ你nǐ没méi决jué心xīn做zuò好hǎo男nán人rén,那nà你nǐ就jiù得de不bú到dào好hǎo女nǚ人rén。
If you don't resolve to become a good man, then you just won't get a good woman.
通tōng过guò诋dǐ毁huǐ别bié人rén,你nǐ得de不bú到dào什shén么me。
You gain nothing by speaking ill of others.

Stroke order for each character

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得 dé · to obtain · 11 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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到 dào · to reach · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 得不到.

觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
看到kàndàoto see
找到zhǎodàoto find
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
记得jìdeto remember
听到tīngdàoto hear
回到huídàoto return to
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently

Questions about 得不到

What does 得不到 mean?

得不到 (débùdào) means "cannot get; cannot obtain".

How do you write 得不到?

得不到 is made of 3 characters: 得 (11 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 到 (8 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.