第二年第一百零八天

[nnozomi]

语法
Adjective + 得不得了, "extremely X" (usually negative)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Adjectival_complement_%22de_budeliao%22

词汇
国际, international; 出国, go abroad; 回国, return from abroad; 全国, the whole country 国际 guójì, international; 出国 chūguó, go abroad; 回国 huíguó, return from abroad; 全国 quánguó, the whole country
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
其实自私得不得了, actually it's incredibly selfish
[none of the 国 words here; maybe in the Guardian world they say 星际, 出星, 回星, 全星? The character 国 only comes up a few times, mostly in the context of Lin Jing calling himself the 科技界的国民老公, the National Sweetheart of STEM.]

Me:
昨天穿连裤袜出去的时候，热得不得了。
我每次都出国，到回国不会放松。

Comments

[trobadora]

Exactly one instance of 得不得了 in SHL, with a verb rather than an adjective: 蔚宁在信里可把你夸得不得了啊。

Also none of the 国 words, though a handfull of 国, such as: 你是国之柱石。

maybe in the Guardian world they say 星际, 出星, 回星, 全星?

Oh, I love that! (Really, so much worldbuilding potential! ♥)

[elenothar]

Oh, 得不得了 is fun! I hadn't heard of this one, though I'm now thinking it's probably come up in dialogue before and just confused me (the other other meaning of 了...)

[nnozomi]

蔚宁在信里可把你夸得不得了啊。
I had to look that one up--I think I have to study 夸 more (I get it confused with 亏 and with 跨 which is especially unhelpful here).

Really, so much worldbuilding potential!
Language-based worldbuilding is so fun <3

[nnozomi]

the other other meaning of 了...)
Oh yeah, I never thought of it that way, I just tend to think of 得不得了 as a set phrase like 死了 or 极了...

[elenothar]

That's probably the easier way to do it...