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了le

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

Full entry
了liǎo

to finish / (used with 得[dé] or 不[bù] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wàng bu liǎo] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wú] or 不[bù]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / variant of 瞭|了[liǎo]

了liǎo

(bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly

了liào

unofficial variant of 瞭[liào]

了解liǎo jiě

to understand; to know about / to learn about; to find out

为了wèi le

for; for the purpose of; in order to

了不起liǎo bu qǐ

amazing / terrific / extraordinary

极了jí le

extremely / exceedingly

除了chú le

apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chú le tā , shéi yě méi lái] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,他也會法語|除了英语,他也会法语[chú le Yīng yǔ , tā yě huì Fǎ yǔ] "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chú le] + A + 就是[jiù shì] + B, "either A or B")

罢了bà le

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

罢了bà liǎo

a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)

受不了shòu bù liǎo

unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand

了结liǎo jié

to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up

了如指掌liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng

to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

了断liǎo duàn

to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)

大不了dà bu liǎo

at worst; if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming

说了算shuō le suàn

to have the final say / to be the one in charge

得了dé le

all right! / that's enough!

得了dé liǎo

(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible

对了duì le

Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...

完了wán le

to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no

不得了bù dé liǎo

desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly

没完没了méi wán méi liǎo

without end / incessantly / on and on

明了míng liǎo

to understand; to be clear about; clear; comprehensible

受得了shòu de liǎo

to put up with; to endure

了事liǎo shì

to dispose of a matter / to be done with it

了不得liǎo bu de

terrific / terrible / (after 得[de]) very

了得liǎo de

exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling

了然liǎo rán

to understand clearly; evident

了然liǎo rán

to understand clearly / evident

了无生趣liǎo wú shēng qù

to lose all interest in life (idiom)

直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàng

direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward

忘不了wàng bu liǎo

cannot forget

未了wèi liǎo

unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled

少不了shǎo bu liǎo

cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many

一目了然yī mù liǎo rán

obvious at a glance (idiom)

一目了然yī mù liǎo rán

obvious at a glance (idiom)

私了sī liǎo

to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court

免不了miǎn bù liǎo

unavoidable / can't be avoided

一了百了yī liǎo bǎi liǎo

(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles

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