顾不得

顧不得

gùbude

verb HSK 7 #39,967

Meanings

1 to have no time to worry about
2 unable to attend to

Characters

to attend to; to care for

able to (complement particle)

Examples

他顾不得吃饭就跑出去了。

Tā gùbude chīfàn jiù pǎo chūqù le.

He ran out without having time to eat.

情况紧急，顾不得那么多了。

Qíngkuàng jǐnjí, gùbude nàme duō le.

The situation is urgent; we can't worry about all that.

Tips

usage

顾不得 and 顾不上 are very similar. 顾不得 emphasizes choosing not to care in urgency; 顾不上 emphasizes being too busy to attend to something.

Stroke Order

顾 gù

不 bù

得 dé