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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
for; for the purpose of; in order to
HSK 3
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他誰也沒來|除了他谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語他也會法語|除了英语他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
HSK 3
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
HSK 4
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no
HSK 5
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
HSK 6
let it be / let it pass / forget about it
HSK 6
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
without end / incessantly / on and on
HSK 7-9
unavoidable / can't be avoided
HSK 7-9
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
HSK 7-9
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
to resolve / to settle
HSK 7-9
to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
HSK 7-9
say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
unofficial variant of
extremely / exceedingly
cicada (onom.)
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
to realize clearly / to settle a matter / to get it over with
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
frank; outspoken / ready; settled; in order / (old) to deal with; to handle
to end
to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个 + ~) without end; incessantly
variant of 了如指掌
to put up with; to endure
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
(coll.) final part; last bit / (coll.) in the end; finally
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
at the last moment / right at the end
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
end / conclusion / solution
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles
at worst; if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
(slang) awesome / dope
to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
shoot! / gosh! / oh, no! / (suffix) to the utmost
that's that; that's it; that will do
late
to spare / to forgive
at last / finally / in the end
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
very good
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found
to be ready
Here we go again.
super / excellent
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
(Internet slang) I can't even... / Are you kidding me! / OMG!
awesome / brilliant / magnificent
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
cannot forget
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
sth bad happened
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
mythical talking bird / mynah bird
rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
(coll.) on the point of death / dying
green in the face (idiom) / to look unwell
then it's too late (colloquial)
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
to have the final say / to be the one in charge
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢 by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
gosh! / oh no! / darn!

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