不得要领 bùdéyàolǐng to miss the point Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不得 bùdé verb cannot cannot; to be unable to; often used in set phrases like 不得而知 bùdé'érzhī要领 要領 yàolǐng essentials main points; gist; essentials; the key to a matter