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

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

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.
- 2024, “遠花火”, OSCAR (lyrics), 溫翰文 [Raymond Wan] (music), performed by 吳業坤 [Kwan Gor]:
  
  仇和怨都不了了之 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
  cau⁴ wo⁴ jyun³ dou¹ bat¹ liu⁵ liu⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

爛尾／烂尾 (lànwěi)
(Hakka) 無下落／无下落