恨不得

• 拼音: hèn bu de
• 汉字拆解: 恨 = 忄(heart radical) + 艮 (phonetic — firm/stop) — deep wish or resentment of the heart; 不 = negation; 得 = 彳(walk) + 目 (eye) + 寸 (measure) — to obtain; can/may

含义

To wish one could; to so badly want to do something that one can barely hold back; to itch to do something — often with the implication that it is impossible or hypothetically extreme.

恨不得 is a highly expressive colloquial phrase conveying intense longing, sometimes frustrated longing. The structure is 恨不得 + verb phrase. It differs from 希望 (to hope) in emotional intensity and informality. It can express joyful desire (恨不得马上出发 — itching to set off at once) or exasperated frustration (恨不得拂袖而去 — so annoyed one wishes one could just walk away). Ubiquitous in spoken Chinese.

例句

1. 看到那套精心设计的度假公寓，她恨不得当场拍板购买，但理智提醒她还需仔细权衡再作决定。
2. 听完儿子那番无理取闹的借口，父亲气得恨不得拂袖而去，却还是强忍下来耐心地讲道理。
3. 面对那道久违的家乡菜，他恨不得一口吞下整盘，才勉强压住冲动，细细品味起那熟悉的滋味。

用法指南

语境: desire, frustration, casual speech, emotions, everyday language

语气: emotional

正确说法

• 他在舞台上的精彩表演令台下观众如痴如醉，大家恨不得整场演唱会永远不要结束，就这样沉浸其中。(His brilliant performance on stage left the audience spellbound; everyone wished the entire concert would never end, wanting to remain immersed in that feeling forever.)
• 听说最后一班车已经开走，她站在空荡荡的候车厅里，恨不得生出一双翅膀直接飞回家中。(Hearing that the last bus had already left, she stood in the empty waiting room, wishing she could sprout a pair of wings and fly straight home.)

错误说法

• 恨不得 in formal or written contexts — it is a spoken, colloquial expression; use 迫切希望 or 极度渴望 in formal registers

起源与历史

恨 (to wish intensely; to resent) + 不得 (cannot; unable to) — literally 'to resent that one cannot do something'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal