不了了之
bù liǎo liǎo zhī
Pinyin
Definition
不了了之
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- to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
- to end up with nothing definite
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 (completed action marker)
- 2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- 3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- 1 not long (after)
- 2 before too long
- 3 soon
- 4 soon after
- 1 not only (... but also...)
- 1 not only (this one)
- 2 not just (...) but also
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless