不了了之

Chinese

		to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved; to be unable to	to end; to finish	it
simp. and trad. (不了了之)		不了	了	之
Literally: “to end it unresolved”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùliǎoliǎozhī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùliǎoliǎozhī [Phonetic: bùliáoliǎozhī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4leauleaujy
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹
  - Yale: bāt líuh líuh jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁵ liu⁵ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³ liːu̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

不了了之

to leave something unresolved

他本來請我旅遊，但後來就不了了之了。 [MSC, trad.]
他本来请我旅游，但后来就不了了之了。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā běnlái qǐng wǒ lǚyóu, dàn hòulái jiù bùliǎoliǎozhī le. [Pinyin]
He had invited me to go travelling with him, but the idea came to nothing.

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