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To resolve in Chinese: 了却 (liǎo què)

liǎo què

to resolve

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 了卻1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to resolve
  2. 2to settle

Stroke order

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却

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ㄌㄧㄠˇ

liǎo

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄩㄝˋ

què

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

了却

Simplified

了卻

Traditional

Example sentences

See 了却 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他终于了却了一桩心事。

    tā zhōng yú liǎo què le yì zhuāng xīn shì。

    He finally resolved a worry that had weighed on his mind.

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Related words

了

le

(completed action marker)

却

què

but

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

极了

jí le

extremely

得了

dé le

all right!

完了

wán le

to be finished

罢了

bà le

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

却是

què shì

nevertheless

算了

suàn le

let it be

吹了

chuī le

failed

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