liǎo duàn

Traditional: 了斷

了断 (liǎo duàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)

Characters in 了断

了le · (completed action marker)断duàn · to break

Related words

了(completed action marker)了to finish了(of eyes) bright了unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]为了for; for the purpose of; in order to了解to understand了解to understand极了extremely除了apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")断to break罢了a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)

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