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不了了之

不了了之

Chinese

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|- ! !not; no; (negative prefix)

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to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

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to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

!'s; him/her/it; this |- !simp. and trad.
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Idiom

不了了之

  1. to leave something unresolved
    本來旅遊後來不了了之 [MSC, trad.]
    本来旅游后来不了了之 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā běnlái qǐng wǒ lǚyóu, dàn hòulái jiù bùliǎoliǎozhī le. [Pinyin]
    He had invited me to go travelling with him, but the idea came to nothing.