惊叹不已

驚嘆不已

jīngtàn-bùyǐ

idiom

Meanings

HSK 4

他的表演让观众惊叹不已。

Tā de biǎoyǎn ràng guānzhòng jīngtànbùyǐ.

His performance left the audience in endless awe.

HSK 5

看到这幅画的细节,我惊叹不已。

Kàndào zhè fú huà de xìjié, wǒ jīngtànbùyǐ.

Seeing the detail in this painting, I couldn't stop marveling.

HSK 7-9

游客对故宫的建筑惊叹不已。

Yóukè duì Gùgōng de jiànzhù jīngtànbùyǐ.

Visitors marvel endlessly at the architecture of the Forbidden City.

grammar

不已 means 'without stopping' and follows many emotion/sound verbs: 赞叹不已, 激动不已, 懊悔不已. It's always clause-final, never before the verb.

usage

Strongly positive, reserved for genuine, sustained admiration. For mild surprise use 吃了一惊 or 感到惊讶 instead.

惊 jīng

叹 tàn

不 bù

已 yǐ