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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
HSK 1
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
HSK 4
for; for the purpose of; in order to
HSK 3
to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no
HSK 5
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
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
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
to resolve / to settle
HSK 7-9
at last / finally / in the end
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject
HSK 7-9
I've got a solution! / to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎)
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
let it be / let it pass / forget about it
HSK 6
unavoidable / can't be avoided
HSK 7-9
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
HSK 6
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
very good
to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
HSK 7-9
to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles
to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (Internet slang) too late, someone posted that already (supposedly from "lag" misspelled as "leg")
to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个 + ~) without end; incessantly
to be dead / to have passed away
(slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly
HSK 7-9
to realize clearly / to settle a matter / to get it over with
to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)
then it's too late (colloquial)
gosh! / oh no! / darn!
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
Here we go again.
at worst; if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
end / conclusion / solution
to not use all of / to use less than
obvious at a glance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
extremely / exceedingly
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
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
(slang) awesome / dope
what a coincidence!
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
cannot forget
frank; outspoken / ready; settled; in order / (old) to deal with; to handle
to settle in court (opposite: 私了)
to play tricks on / to make a fool of
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
to repay one's debt
(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
to understand clearly; evident
cicada (onom.)
to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
without end / incessantly / on and on
HSK 7-9
(coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
sth bad happened
ecstatic; overjoyed
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
felt a chill (in one's heart) / (one's heart) sank
it's getting late; time's getting on
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
late
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
OK! / Got it!
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public
clear and simple / in simple terms
to completely lack; to have not even the slightest
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
to take one's life
that's that; that's it; that will do
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
(coll.) on the point of death / dying
(idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly
pregnant / to carry a child
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)

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