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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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Thinking & Cognition

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