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(2) To finish, complete, settle, dispose of, fulfill: 完了 to finish;
了畢，了卻，了結，了清，了事 [liao3bi4], [liao3qUe4], [liao3jie2], [liao3qing1], [liao3shi4]↓;
了案 settle case;
了債，了賬 settle debt, accounts;
未了之事 unfinished business;
以不了了之 leave it unsettled, conclude without conclusion;
不了情 unrequited but eternal love;
不得了 disastrous;
了不得 see [liao3bu4de2]↓;
得了此願，了此心願 able to fulfill this wish;
了此宿緣 fulfill this love regarded as working out of destiny.
(3) (Coll.) to put in, take away: 誰把一塊石頭了到井裡了 who threw a rock into the well? 皮襖也讓他了去了 consider the fur jacket as also taken away;
forget about it.
不容易辦得了 not easy to finish;
他來不了 he is unable to come (prevented by business);
去不了 cannot go (on account of rain, etc.);
死不了 there will never be an end to these rascals.
(2) ([le0]) Unaccented, complement with the sense of conclusion (Eng. perfect tense);
([liao3]) if accented: 他走了 he has gone;
畢業了 has graduated;
飯熟了 rice is cooked;
病好了 illness is recovered;
債還了 debt has been paid;
with the sense that s.t. has started moving: 來了，來了 (he) has come or is coming! (I) am coming!
2.了不得 [liao3bu4de2], adj., oft. in excl., marvellous (praise of person); adj., 好的了不得 very, very good; 他的本領真了不得 his skill is truly marvellous; extremely: 痛的了不得 extremely painful; note: 不得了 has opposite mening of “disastrous.”
3.了清 [liao3qing1], v.i., settle (accounts).
4.了卻 [liao3qUe4], v.t., as in 了卻一樁心事 finish s.t. I have always wanted to do; 了卻這些糾紛 settle all this dispute.
5.了當 [liao3dang4], adj., as in 直截了當 simple and direct, uncomplicated; (MC) settled.
6.了得 [liao3de2], (1) v.t., settle, complete, also understand: 可以了得，了得了 can understand or able to settle (business); v.t., 這還了得 how horrible! (s.t. has got out of control); (2) adj., very good, useful, serviceable: 十分了得 very good, commendable indeed; adj., 著實了得 really excellent; see difference between 了不得 and 不得了 [liao3bu4de2]↑.
7.了鳥 [liao2diao3] ([liao2niao4]), (1) adj., hanging and swinging; (2) n., brass or iron knocker ring on gate; n., device to hold window in position.
8.了斷 [liao3duan4], v.i., settle (case): 自尋了斷 find short way out, commit suicide.
9.了賬 [liao3zhang4], v.i., settle account; (coll.) pass away.
10.了解 [liao3jie3], v.t., to understand: 你不了解我 you do not understand me.
11.了結 [liao3jie2], v.t., conclude (affair).
12.了局 [liao3jU2], n., end settlement: 也不是個了局 this will not be the end--is no settlement.
13.了兒 [liao3er0], n., the end: 到了兒還是落空 in the end get nothing; 這事未了兒之前 before this affair has ended.
14.了了 [liao2liao3], adj., understanding at heart: 心中了了 understand (without saying much); 不甚了了 do not quite understand; (MC) intelligent: 小時了了 was intelligent as a child.
15.了亮 [liao3liang4], adj., simple, direct (in conduct, negotiations, etc.).
16.了然 [liao3ran2], v.i., understand: 心中了然 understand in one's mind; 一目了然 understand at one glance.
17.了事 [liao3shi4], (1) v.t., to settle disputes, dispose of (matter): 敷衍了事 to do s.t. in a perfunctory manner; (2) adj., 了事的，了事之人 experienced, competent person; adj., 了事人 arbitrator, settler of disputes.
18.了悟 [liao3wu4], v.i. & t., to comprehend, understand (truth, teaching), wake up to, realize (one's mistakes): 了悟前緣 understand fate caused by previous incarnation.