大不了 dàbuliǎodàbùliǎo serious Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents dàbuliǎo serious · at worst 大 dà adjective big big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult不了 bùliǎo particle unable to Used after a verb to indicate that an action or result is impossibledàbùliǎo not much bigger · cannot grow big 大 dà adjective big big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult不 bu particle [potential] Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the 得 de potential construction了 liǎo particle [possibility] Used in potential resultative constructions after a verb and 得 de or 不 bù to indicate whether an action is possible.