Awesome.
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了
Traditional: 瞭
le
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le · liu5 (Jyutping)
- (completed action marker)
- (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
liǎo · liu5 · liu4 (Jyutping)
- to finish
- (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
- (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
- variant of 瞭|了[liao3]
- (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly
liào
- unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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Character breakdown
了
- Meaning
- to finish; particle of completed action
- Radical
- 亅
- Strokes
- 2
- Components
- ⿱乛亅
- Cangjie
- NN
- Four-corner
- 1720.7
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Example sentences
算了。
Forget it.
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