不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不了了之
bùliǎoliǎozhī
to leave unresolved; to let something fizzle out
Characters in this word
了 le
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个计划讨论了很久，最后不了了之。 Zhège jìhuà tǎolùn le hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu bùliǎoliǎozhī. This plan was discussed for a long time and finally came to nothing.
- 他们吵了一架，但第二天谁也没提，事情就不了了之了。 Tāmen chǎo le yí jià, dàn dì'èr tiān shéi yě méi tí, shìqing jiù bùliǎoliǎozhī le. They had a quarrel, but nobody mentioned it the next day, and the matter just fizzled out.
- 减肥的想法他说了好几次，每次都不了了之。 Jiǎnféi de xiǎngfǎ tā shuō le hǎo jǐ cì, měi cì dōu bùliǎoliǎozhī. He has talked about losing weight several times, and each time it came to nothing.