Dictionary - results for 了

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
了	了	le	- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) - (completed action marker)
了	了	liǎo	- to finish - to achieve - variant of 瞭\|了[liao3] - to understand clearly
了	瞭	liǎo	- (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly
了	瞭	liào	- unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
不了	不了	bùliǎo	- unable to - without end
了了	了了	liǎoliǎo	- to realize clearly - to settle a matter - to get it over with
了事	了事	liǎoshì	- to dispose of a matter - to be done with it
了债	了債	liǎozhài	- to repay one's debt
了却	了卻	liǎoquè	- to resolve - to settle
了局	了局	liǎojú	- end - conclusion - solution
了得	了得	liǎode	- exceptional - outstanding - dreadful - appalling
了断	了斷	liǎoduàn	- to settle (a dispute etc) - to break off (a relationship etc) - resolution (of a problem)
了然	了然	liǎorán	- to understand clearly - evident
了当	了當	liǎodàng	- frank - outspoken - ready - settled - in order - (old) to deal with - to handle
了结	了結	liǎojié	- to settle - to finish - to conclude - to wind up
了解	了解	liǎojiě	- to understand - to realize - to find out
到了	到了	dàoliǎo	- at last - finally - in the end
吹了	吹了	chuīle	- failed - busted - to have not succeeded - to have died - to have parted company - to have chilled (of a relationship)
坏了	壞了	huàile	- shoot! - gosh! - oh, no! - (suffix) to the utmost
完了	完了	wánle	- to be finished - to be done for - ruined - gone to the dogs - oh no
对了	對了	duìle	- Correct! - Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) - Oh, by the way, ...
得了	得了	déle	- all right! - that's enough!
得了	得了	déliǎo	- (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
成了	成了	chéngle	- to be done - to be ready - that's enough! - that will do!
明了	明了	míngliǎo	- to understand clearly - to be clear about - plain - clear - also written 明瞭\|明了[ming2 liao3]
明了	明瞭	míngliǎo	- to understand clearly - to be clear about - plain - clear
有了	有了	yǒule	- I've got a solution! - to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎[you3 le5 tai1])
未了	未了	wèiliǎo	- unfinished - outstanding (business) - unfulfilled
末了	末了	mòliǎo	- in the end
极了	極了	jíle	- extremely - exceedingly
没了	沒了	méile	- to be dead - not to be, or cease to exist
为了	為了	wèile	- in order to - for the purpose of - so as to
了然	瞭然	liǎorán	- to understand clearly - evident
了解	瞭解	liǎojiě	- to understand - to realize - to find out
知了	知了	zhīliǎo	- cicada
私了	私了	sīliǎo	- to settle privately - to solve behind closed doors - to settle out of court
算了	算了	suànle	- let it be - let it pass - forget about it
糟了	糟了	zāole	- gosh! - oh no! - darn!
终了	終了	zhōngliǎo	- to end
结了	結了	jiéle	- that's that - that's it - that will do
罢了	罷了	bàle	- a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
罢了	罷了	bàliǎo	- a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
迟了	遲了	chíle	- late
除了	除了	chúle	- besides - apart from (... also...) - in addition to - except (for)
饶了	饒了	ráole	- to spare - to forgive
不在了	不在了	bùzàile	- to be dead - to have passed away
不得了	不得了	bùdéliǎo	- desperately serious - disastrous - extremely - exceedingly
不行了	不行了	bùxíngle	- on the point of death - dying
了不起	了不起	liǎobuqǐ	- amazing - terrific - extraordinary
免不了	免不了	miǎnbùliǎo	- unavoidable - can't be avoided
出了事	出了事	chūleshì	- sth bad happened
别提了	別提了	biétíle	- say no more - don't bring it up - drop the subject
又来了	又來了	yòuláile	- Here we go again.
受不了	受不了	shòubùliǎo	- unbearable - unable to endure - can't stand
大不了	大不了	dàbùliǎo	- at worst - if worst comes to worst - serious - alarming
太好了	太好了	tàihǎole	- very good
少不了	少不了	shǎobuliǎo	- cannot do without - to be unavoidable - are bound to be many
就晚了	就晚了	jiùwǎnle	- then it's too late (colloquial)
帅呆了	帥呆了	shuàidāile	- awesome - brilliant - magnificent
几点了	幾點了	jǐdiǎnle	- What's the time?
忘不了	忘不了	wàngbùliǎo	- cannot forget
怎么了	怎麼了	zěnmele	- What's up? - What's going on? - What happened?
怎么了	怎麽了	zěnmele	- variant of 怎麼了\|怎么了[zen3 me5 le5]
情急了	情急了	qíngjíliǎo	- mythical talking bird - mynah bird
有了胎	有了胎	yǒuletāi	- pregnant - to carry a child
棒极了	棒極了	bàngjíle	- super - excellent
死不了	死不了	sǐbùliǎo	- Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
用不了	用不了	yòngbuliǎo	- to not use all of - to use less than
知道了	知道了	zhīdàole	- OK! - Got it!
秦吉了	秦吉了	qínjíliǎo	- mythical talking bird - mynah bird
算不了	算不了	suànbùliǎo	- does not count for anything - of no account
听腻了	聽膩了	tīngnìle	- fed up of hearing
褶子了	褶子了	zhězile	- to make a mess of sth - to bungle - to mismanage
说了算	說了算	shuōlesuàn	- to have the final say - to be the one in charge
说白了	說白了	shuōbáile	- to speak frankly
卖光了	賣光了	màiguāngle	- to be sold out - to be out of stock
铁了心	鐵了心	tiělexīn	- determined - unshakable
一了百了	一了百了	yīliǎobǎiliǎo	- once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved - death ends all one's troubles
一目了然	一目了然	yīmùliǎorán	- obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然	一目瞭然	yīmùliǎorán	- obvious at a glance (idiom)
一笑了之	一笑了之	yīxiàoliǎozhī	- to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
一走了之	一走了之	yīzǒuliǎozhī	- to avoid a problem by walking away from it - to quit
不了了之	不了了之	bùliǎoliǎozhī	- to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled - to end up with nothing definite
了却此生	了卻此生	liǎoquècǐshēng	- to die - to be done with this world
了如指掌	了如指掌	liǎorúzhǐzhǎng	- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) - to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
了然于胸	了然於胸	liǎorányúxiōng	- to be well aware of sth - to understand clearly
了若指掌	了若指掌	liǎoruòzhǐzhǎng	- see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
前缘未了	前緣未了	qiányuánwèiliǎo	- one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
严了眼儿	嚴了眼兒	yánleyǎnr	- up to the eyeballs - full to overflowing - jampacked
怎么得了	怎麼得了	zěnmedéliǎo	- how can this be? - what's to be done? - what an awful mess!
摆了一道	擺了一道	bǎileyīdào	- to play tricks on - to make a fool of
敷衍了事	敷衍了事	fūyǎnliǎoshì	- to skimp - to work half-heartedly - not to bother
乐颠了馅	樂顛了餡	lèdiānlexiàn	- ecstatic - overjoyed
没完没了	沒完沒了	méiwánméiliǎo	- without end - incessantly - on and on
凉了半截	涼了半截	liánglebànjié	- felt a chill (in one's heart) - (one's heart) sank
准备好了	準備好了	zhǔnbèihǎole	- to be ready
直截了当	直截了當	zhíjiéliǎodàng	- direct and plain speaking (idiom); blunt - straightforward
直捷了当	直捷了當	zhíjiéliǎodàng	- variant of 直截了當\|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4]
直接了当	直接了當	zhíjiēliǎodàng	- see 直截了當\|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4]
眼圈红了	眼圈紅了	yǎnquānhóngle	- to be on the verge of tears
了如指掌	瞭如指掌	liǎorúzhǐzhǎng	- variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
了若指掌	瞭若指掌	liǎoruòzhǐzhǎng	- see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
简单明了	簡單明瞭	jiǎndānmíngliǎo	- clear and simple - in simple terms
翅膀硬了	翅膀硬了	chìbǎngyìngle	- (of a bird) to have become fully fledged - (fig.) (of a person) to have grown up (and become independent) - to be ready to spread one's wings
脱不了身	脫不了身	tuōbùliǎoshēn	- busy and unable to get away
脸都绿了	臉都綠了	liǎndōulǜle	- green in the face (idiom) - to look unwell
自行了断	自行了斷	zìxíngliǎoduàn	- to take one's life
草草了事	草草了事	cǎocǎoliǎoshì	- to rush through the work - to get through a thing carelessly
虚应了事	虛應了事	xūyìngliǎoshì	- see 虛應故事\|虚应故事[xu1 ying4 gu4 shi4]
这还了得	這還了得	zhèháiliǎodé	- How dare you! - This is an outrage! - Absolutely disgraceful!
进了天堂	進了天堂	jìnletiāntáng	- to die - to enter the hall of heaven
吃了定心丸	吃了定心丸	chīledìngxīnwán	- to feel reassured
天安门开了	天安門開了	Tiānānménkāile	- pants fly is down - the barn door is open
妈了个巴子	媽了個巴子	mālegebāzi	- fuck! - motherfucker! - fucking
也好不了多少	也好不了多少	yěhǎobuliǎoduōshǎo	- hardly any better - just as bad
吃不了兜着走	吃不了兜著走	chībuliǎodōuzhezǒu	- lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) - fig. you'll have to take the consequences
吃饱了饭撑的	吃飽了飯撐的	chībǎolefànchēngde	- having nothing better to do - see 吃飽撐著\|吃饱撑着
狗改不了吃屎	狗改不了吃屎	gǒugǎibùliǎochīshǐ	- lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) - fig. bad habits are hard to change
都什么年代了	都什麼年代了	dōushénmeniándàile	- What decade are you living in? - That's so out-of-date!
冤冤相报何时了	冤冤相報何時了	yuānyuānxiāngbàohéshíliǎo	- if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
大水冲了龙王庙	大水沖了龍王廟	dàshuǐchōngleLóngWángmiào	- lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) - fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person - a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
好了伤疤忘了疼	好了傷疤忘了疼	hǎoleshāngbāwàngleténg	- to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵	賠了夫人又折兵	péilefūrényòuzhébīng	- having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) - to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
过了这村没这店	過了這村沒這店	guòlezhècūnméizhèdiàn	- past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) - this is your last chance
远水救不了近火	遠水救不了近火	yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒ	- lit. water from afar quenches not fire; fig. urgent need - a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
好心倒做了驴肝肺	好心倒做了驢肝肺	hǎoxīndàozuòlelǘgānfēi	- lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) - fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
心急吃不了热豆腐	心急吃不了熱豆腐	xīnjíchībuliǎorèdòufu	- hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) - one just has to be patient - haste will ruin everything
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜	撿了芝麻丟了西瓜	jiǎnlezhīmadiūlexīguā	- to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
不干不净，吃了没病	不乾不淨，吃了沒病	bùgānbùjìng,chīleméibìng	- a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) - a couple of germs won't do you any harm
大事化小，小事化了	大事化小，小事化了	dàshìhuàxiǎo,xiǎoshìhuàle	- to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all
小时了了，大未必佳	小時了了，大未必佳	xiǎoshíliǎoliǎo,dàwèibìjiā	- being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
跑了和尚，跑不了寺	跑了和尚，跑不了寺	pǎolehéshàng,pǎobùliǎosì	- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) - you can run this time, but you'll have to come back - I'll get you sooner or later
跑了和尚，跑不了庙	跑了和尚，跑不了廟	pǎolehéshàng,pǎobùliǎomiào	- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) - you can run this time, but you'll have to come back - I'll get you sooner or later
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥	一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥	yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu	- lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) - fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤	一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯	yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōtāng	- lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) - fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥	一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥	yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu	- see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥\|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙	跑得了和尚，跑不了廟	pǎodéliǎohéshàng,pǎobùliǎomiào	- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) - you can run this time, but you'll have to come back - I'll get you sooner or later