HSK 5 grammar · pattern
得了
得了 — that's enough / that'll do
Pattern
means: cut it out
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
得了 (déle) as an exclamation stops or dismisses something: "that's enough / OK, forget it / cut it out." After a verb phrase with 就 it means an action will suffice: "just … and that will do."
Examples
得了得了，别再说了。
Déle déle, bié zài shuō le.
All right, all right, stop going on about it.
这点小事，你打个电话就得了。
Zhè diǎn xiǎoshì, nǐ dǎ ge diànhuà jiù déle.
For such a small matter, just make a phone call and that'll do.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 得了 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.