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算了

suànle

forget it; that’s enough

A person waves a hand and tosses a crumpled paper into a bin
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Characters in this word

算 suàn

Strokes
14
Radical
⺮ — bamboo
Made of
⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

了 le

Strokes
2
Radical
亅 — hook
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 既然大家意见分歧这么大,这件事就算了吧。 Jìrán dàjiā yìjiàn fēnqí zhème dà, zhè jiàn shì jiù suànle ba. Since everyone's opinions differ so much, let's just drop this matter.
  • 雨下得这么大,我们别出门了,算了吧。 Yǔ xià de zhème dà, wǒmen bié chūmén le, suànle ba. It is raining so hard, so let's not go out. Forget it.
  • 他道歉了,这次就算了,下不为例。 Tā dàoqiàn le, zhè cì jiù suànle, xià bù wéi lì. He apologized, so let it go this time, but never again.

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