够瞧的 (gòu qiáo de) — (colloquial) really awful; too much; unbelievable (expressing that something is excessive or unacceptable)

Definition

Colloquial exclamation meaning something is extreme or hard to take — 'too much', 'unbelievable'. Negates an excessive situation, not a future possibility.

verb
(colloquial) really awfultoo muchunbelievable (expressing that something is excessive or unacceptable)

Examples

  • 够瞧的。
    Jīn tiān rè dé zhēn gòu qiáo de.
    It's really unbearably hot today.
  • 够瞧的。
    Tā nà zhǒng tài dù yě tài gòu qiáo de le.
    His attitude is just too much.
  • ，够瞧的。
    Yì tiān dǎ le èr shí gè diàn huà, zhēn gòu qiáo de.
    Twenty phone calls in one day — that's really something.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夠; 够 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
多多duō
Sound part声符shēngfú
句
句jù夠gòu
Same sound today

In the traditional form 夠, 多 is the part tied to the meaning and 句 is the part that gives the sound; the simplified 够 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
目目mùeye
Sound part声符shēngfú
焦
焦jiāo瞧qiáo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 目 is an eye, and the right part 焦 gives the character's sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
白白báiwhite
Sound part声符shēngfú
勺
勺sháo的de
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

的 pairs 白, related to white or brightness, with 勺, which gives a clue to the sound. Its older form 旳 meant bright.

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