liǎo

Part of speech
verb
Level
HSK 3
  1. 1to finish
  2. 2(used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
  3. 3(literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. 4to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])

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