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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
for; for the purpose of; in order to
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for)
HSK 3
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
HSK 4
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no
HSK 5
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
HSK 6
let it be / let it pass / forget about it
HSK 6
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
HSK 7-9
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unavoidable / can't be avoided
HSK 7-9
to resolve / to settle
HSK 7-9
without end / incessantly / on and on
HSK 7-9
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
HSK 7-9
say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject
HSK 7-9
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly
HSK 7-9
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个 + ~) without end; incessantly
(coll.) final part; last bit / (coll.) in the end; finally
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
felt a chill (in one's heart) / (one's heart) sank
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
to completely lack; to have not even the slightest
extremely / exceedingly
at worst; if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
frank; outspoken / ready; settled; in order / (old) to deal with; to handle
to realize clearly / to settle a matter / to get it over with
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
to end
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
determined / unshakable
to understand clearly; evident
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
at the last moment / right at the end
to play tricks on / to make a fool of
to rush through the work / to get through a thing carelessly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
unofficial variant of
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess!
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
to live out the rest of one's life
I've got a solution! / to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎)
to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
to repay one's debt
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
late
(slang) awesome / dope
mythical talking bird / mynah bird
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
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 understand clearly / evident
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles
cicada (onom.)
end / conclusion / solution
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
variant of 了如指掌
that's that; that's it; that will do
at last / finally / in the end
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
OK! / Got it!
ecstatic; overjoyed
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
to put up with; to endure
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
Here we go again.
(coll.) okay (loanword from "over")
to be ready
to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found
gosh! / oh no! / darn!
very good
What's up? / What's going on? / What happened?
what a coincidence!
super / excellent
to be dead / to have passed away
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)

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