了 le
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
了结
liǎojié
to settle; to bring to an end
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 双方最终通过调解了结了这场拖延多年的土地纠纷。 Shuāngfāng zuìzhōng tōngguò tiáojiě liǎojié le zhè chǎng tuōyán duōnián de tǔdì jiūfēn. The two sides finally settled this land dispute, which had dragged on for years, through mediation.
- 这件事拖了很久，今天总算了结了。 Zhè jiàn shì tuō le hěn jiǔ, jīntiān zǒngsuàn liǎojié le. This matter dragged on for a long time and was finally settled today.
- 他想尽快了结手头的工作，再安心去旅行。 Tā xiǎng jǐnkuài liǎojié shǒutóu de gōngzuò, zài ānxīn qù lǚxíng. He wants to wrap up the work at hand as soon as possible and then go travelling with an easy mind.
Related words
- 了 le particle for a completed action or a change
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 极了 jíle extremely (after adjectives)
- 了 le already (completed action or change)
- 为了 wèile for (purpose)
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 受不了 shòubùliǎo cannot stand
- 不得了 bùdéliǎo extremely; serious
- 得了 déle enough; stop it
- 完了 wánle to be over; finished
- 算了 suànle forget it; that’s enough