不了了之

Chinese

		to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved; to be unable to	to end; to finish	it
simp. and trad. (不了了之)		不了	了	之
Literally: “to end it unresolved”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùliǎoliǎozhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): but² liau² liau² zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùliǎoliǎozhī [Phonetic: bùliáoliǎozhī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùliǎoliǎojhih
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-liao³-liao³-chih¹
    • Yale: bù-lyǎu-lyǎu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buleauleaujy
    • Palladius: буляоляочжи (buljaoljaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹
    • Yale: bāt líuh líuh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁵ liu⁵ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³ liːu̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: but² liau² liau² zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ liau⁵⁵ liau⁵⁵ t͡si³³/

Idiom

不了了之

1. to leave something unresolved

   他本來請我旅遊，但後來就不了了之了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他本来请我旅游，但后来就不了了之了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā běnlái qǐng wǒ lǚyóu, dàn hòulái jiù bùliǎoliǎozhī le. [Pinyin]

   He had invited me to go travelling with him, but the idea came to nothing.

Synonyms

• 爛尾／烂尾 (lànwěi)
• (Hakka) 無下落／无下落