想得到 (xiǎng dé) — to think of, to imagine, to expect (usually in rhetorical questions)
Definition
Used in rhetorical questions and set phrases like 想不到/没想到 to mean 'would have thought / expected' — the negative forms are far more common than the affirmative.
verb
to think ofto imagineto expect (usually in rhetorical questions)
Examples
- 想得到？Shuí xiǎng dé tā huì zuò chū zhè zhǒng shì lái?Who would have thought he would do such a thing?
- 想得到。Wǒ zǎo jiù xiǎng dé nǐ huì chéng gōng.I had already expected you would succeed.
- 想得到，。Zhēn xiǎng dé bú dào, tā jìng rán cí zhí le.I really can't imagine that he actually resigned.
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