(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 得了 with this easy mnemonic:

How would it be possible to gain (得) a complete (了) masters degree in only one year?

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 得
• 了

• 极了
• 得知
• 记得
• 来得及
• 得到
• 不得不
• 彼得
• 得分
• 取得
• 大不了
• 非得
• 罢了
• 为了
• 了结
• 懂得
• 得了

The reading of 得了 is dé liǎo.

You can remember how to say 得了 with this useful mnemonic:

Does (dé) this masters program only have lousy (liǎo) teachers who let you skim by every class?

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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