顾不得

顧不得

gùbude

verb #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

HSK 2

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.

HSK 5

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 de