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To settle a matter by leaving it unsettled in Chinese: 不了了之 (bù liǎo liǎo zhī)

bù liǎo liǎo zhī

to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
  2. 2to end up with nothing definite

Stroke order

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄧㄠˇ

liǎo

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄧㄠˇ

liǎo

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 这件事最后不了了之了。

    zhè jiàn shì zuì hòu bù liǎo le zhī le。

    In the end, the matter was just left unresolved.

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Related words

不

bù

no

了

le

(completed action marker)

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

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