Extremely / like crazy (…得不得了)

Structure Adjective + 得不得了

Adjective + 得不得了 (… de bùdéliǎo) is a very expressive degree complement: it marks that a quality reaches an extreme, "incredibly, like crazy". 今天热得不得了 = "it’s unbearably hot today". 孩子们高兴得不得了 = "the kids are over the moon". 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) on its own means "terrific, extreme"; here it intensifies the adjective.

Examples

今jīn天tiān热rè得de不bù得dé了liǎo。
It’s unbearably hot today.
孩hái子zi们men高gāo兴xìng得de不bù得dé了liǎo。
The kids are over the moon.
这zhè个ge消xiāo息xi让ràng他tā激jī动dòng得de不bù得dé了liǎo。
The news got him incredibly excited.

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