bù liǎo liǎo zhī

HSK 7–9

不了了之 (bù liǎo liǎo zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 不了了之

不bù · no; not so了le · (completed action marker)了le · (completed action marker)之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

Related words

了(completed action marker)了to finish了(of eyes) bright了unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]不no; not so不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct为了for; for the purpose of; in order to之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before

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