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Le caractère 了

liǎo
Traditional
Radical
(1 traits)
Number of strokes
2
Structure
haut et bas
HSK
HSK 1
Cangjie
NN 弓弓
Sijiao
1720.7
Wubi
BNH
GB 2312
C1CB
Big5
A446
Unicode
U+4E86

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
liǎo (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly syn
le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn
liào unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
了解 瞭解 liǎo jiě to understand / to realize / to find out syn
了得 liǎo de exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling syn
了结 了結 liǎo jié to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up syn
了事 liǎo shì to dispose of a matter / to be done with it syn
了了 liǎo liǎo to realize clearly / to settle a matter / to get it over with syn
了然 瞭然 liǎo rán to understand clearly / evident syn
了却 了卻 liǎo què to resolve / to settle syn
了局 liǎo jú end / conclusion / solution syn
了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank / outspoken / ready / settled / in order / (old) to deal with / to handle
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack / to have not even the slightest
了债 了債 liǎo zhài to repay one's debt
了知 liǎo zhī (Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
了不起 liǎo bu qǐ amazing / terrific / extraordinary syn
了不得 liǎo bu de terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very syn
了望塔 瞭望塔 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower
了去了 le qù le (coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duo1], 大[da4], 遠|远[yuan3], 高[gao1]) very / extremely
了望塔 liào wàng tǎ variant of 瞭望塔[liao4 wang4 ta3]
了如指掌 瞭如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3] syn
了然于胸 了然於胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng to be well aware / to understand clearly
了解情况 了解情況 situation awareness / situational awareness
了解客户 know your customer
了此残生 了此殘生 liǎo cǐ cán shēng to live out the rest of one's life
了却此生 了卻此生 liǎo què cǐ shēng to live out one's life / to die
了若指掌 liǎo ruò zhǐ zhǎng see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
了无生趣 了無生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù to lose all interest in life (idiom)
了无新意 了無新意 liǎo wú xīn yì unoriginal / stereotyped
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
为了 爲了 wèi le for / for the purpose of / in order to syn
到了 dào liǎo at last / finally / in the end
除了 chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for) syn
有了 yǒu le I've got a solution! / to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎[you3 le5 tai1]) syn
成了 chéng le to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
不了 bù liǎo (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end / incessantly syn
对了 對了 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 syn
得了 dé liǎo (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible syn
得了 dé le all right! / that's enough! syn
算了 suàn le let it be / let it pass / forget about it
罢了 罷了 bà liǎo a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) syn
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
极了 極了 jí le extremely / exceedingly syn
明了 明瞭 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear syn
迟了 遲了 chí le late
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare / to forgive
结了 結了 jié le that's that / that's it / that will do
糟了 zāo le gosh! / oh no! / darn!
吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship)
未了 wèi liǎo unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
知了 zhī liǎo cicada (onom.) syn
终了 終了 zhōng liǎo to end syn
私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
临了 臨了 lín liǎo at the last moment / right at the end
不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) syn
嘎了 gǎ le (slang) (I'm, you're) toast / so screwed / it's game over (for sb) / (sth) bit the dust
公了 gōng liǎo to settle in court (opposite: 私了[si1 liao3])

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