Results for “了”

Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable

cannot compare to / to be no match for

see 沒誰了|没谁了[mei2 sei2 le5]

to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist

(coll.) nobody can beat that / extraordinary / remarkable

felt a chill (in one's heart) / (one's heart) sank

to be ready

the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers

(slang) awesome / amazing / too cool! / sick

lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change

to not use all of / to use less than

see 直截了當|直截了当[zhí jié liǎo dàng]

to be on the verge of tears

(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph

OK! / Got it!

extremely stupid

does not count for anything / of no account

let it be / let it pass / forget about it

clear and simple / in simple terms

gosh! / oh no! / darn!

that's that / that's it / that will do

(slang) awesome / dope

fed up of hearing

busy and unable to get away

(Tw) (Internet slang) too late, someone posted that already (supposedly from "lag" misspelled as "leg")

green in the face (idiom) / to look unwell

at the last moment / right at the end

to take one's life

to rush through the work / to get through a thing carelessly

when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom) / fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality

see 虛應故事|虚应故事[xū yìng gù shì]

(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)

to make a mess of sth / to bungle / to mismanage

(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)

to speak frankly

(Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics "I love Poland" that became a catchphrase in 2018

lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

to be sold out / to be out of stock

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 / also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào]