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”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùliǎoliǎozhī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): but² liau² liau² zi¹

不了了之

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.

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