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了
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Definitions
- 1. (completed action marker)
- 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Example Sentences
1 shownMuiriel现在20岁 了 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 了
late
ecstatic; overjoyed
having nothing better to do
cannot do without
fuck!
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
to dispose of a matter
to bring to a conclusion
to be done
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
cicada (onom.)
the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
to die
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
(coll.) final part; last bit
without end
hardly any better
to settle privately
unfinished
to understand
better kept under the table (idiom)
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
sorry to interrupt you, but ...
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
(dialect) give me a break!
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
at last
to settle
exceptional
then it's too late (colloquial)
to put up with; to endure
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
awesome
sth bad happened
see 好了傷疤忘了疼|好了伤疤忘了疼[hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng]
green in the face (idiom)
how can this be?
(coll.) on the point of death
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
OK!
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
to end
to be ready
pants fly is down
if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])
mythical talking bird
lit. covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
to have disappeared
to be on the verge of tears
all right!
extremely
for; for the purpose of; in order to
to be dead
(coll.) nobody can beat that
at worst; if worst comes to worst
pregnant
a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
(coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duō], 大[dà], 遠|远[yuǎn], 高[gāo]) very
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
to not use all of
cannot forget
(coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
see 虛應故事|虚应故事[xū yìng gù shì]
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
(coll.) aplenty
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
does not count for anything
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
terrific
to feel reassured
I've got a solution!
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
to resolve
what a coincidence!
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)
end
to make a mess of sth
to avoid a problem by walking away from it
to be out of stock
once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved
to settle in court (opposite: 私了[sī liǎo])
(Buddhism) to fully understand
Correct!
see 直截了當|直截了当[zhí jié liǎo dàng]
busy and unable to get away
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
see 了如指掌[liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng]
fig. to arrive late
let it be
to be getting on in years
to take one's life
super
to realize clearly
to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
obvious at a glance (idiom)
at the last moment
it's getting late; time's getting on
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
to repay one's debt
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
desperately serious
say no more
extremely stupid
unoriginal
gosh!
to spare
to be finished
mythical talking bird
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)
determined
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
What decade are you living in?
failed; busted; to have not succeeded
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[shēng shēng màn] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[lǐ qīng zhào])
How dare you!
(Internet slang) I can't even...
(slang) awesome
(slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick
to play tricks on
fed up of hearing
rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)
amazing
to speak frankly
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
(Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics \I love Poland\ that became a catchphrase in 2018
cannot compare to
besides
frank; outspoken
one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
to die
unbearable
to have the final say
won't get far; unlikely to be successful
What's up?
to be dead
to understand clearly; evident
to understand clearly
felt a chill (in one's heart)
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
clear and simple
that's that; that's it; that will do
to rush through the work
Here we go again.
when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)
very good
to be well aware; to understand clearly
unavoidable
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)