shuō le suàn

Traditional: 說了算

说了算 (shuō le suàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to have the final say; to be the one in charge”.

Meanings

  1. 1to have the final say
  2. 2to be the one in charge

Characters in 说了算

说shuì · to persuade了le · (completed action marker)算suàn · to calculate; to figure out

Related words

了(completed action marker)了to finish了(of eyes) bright了unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]说to persuade说to speak; to talk; to say说variant of 說|说[shuo1]为了for; for the purpose of; in order to算to calculate; to figure out了解to understand了解to understand说话to speak

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