HSK 6
看/瞧把+宾语（受事）+X得
kàn / qiáo bǎ + bīn yǔ （ shòu shì ） + X de
The structure 看/瞧把 + Object (the one causing the action) + X得
Explanation
看/瞧把 + object + X得 is a colloquial structure (a way of speaking used in everyday language) used to comment on or exclaim about someone's state or strong emotional reaction. 看 kàn / 瞧 qiáo both mean 'look/see'; 把 bǎ here introduces the person affected (the object — the target that is in that state); X得 is an emotional verb/adjective plus 得 to introduce a degree complement (an element after a verb/adjective indicating the degree of the action).
看/瞧 + 把 + [person] + X + 得（…）, for example 看把他乐得 (look how happy he is...).
when you want to exclaim a remark about someone's excessive joy, fear, smugness, etc., carrying a nuance of surprise mixed with a bit of teasing. X is usually 乐 lè (happy), 吓 xià (frightened), 得意 déyì (smug). The part after 得 can be left hanging to heighten the exclamatory nuance (看把他乐得。).
forgetting the character 把 or the character 得 (both are mandatory components of the frame); or understanding 看/瞧 in the literal sense of 'looking' with the eyes — here they are merely an exclamatory lead-in 'look at that, see how...'.
Examples
He really is such a child; look how delighted he is.
Look how smug he is, to the point that he doesn't even know who he is anymore.
Look how frightened he is, to the point that he doesn't even know what to say.
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