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 | 了 | | le | 助 | | | 1 [after a verb or an adjective to indicate the completion of an action, at a point in the past or before the beginning of another action, or an expected or presumed action]: | | | 把书读了两遍 have read the book twice | | | 我下了班就去。 I'll go right after work. | | | 水位低了两米。 The water level fell by two metres. |
| 2 [at the end of a sentence, usu. after 了 for completed action, to indicate that sth. has taken place]: | | | 小说看了一半了。 I have read half of the novel. | | | 我等了半天了。 I've been waiting a long time. |
| 3 [at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of situation or state, whether actual or envisaged]: | | | 他胖了。 He's put on weight. | | | 下雨了。 It's raining. | | | 东西贵了。 Things have gone up. or Things are expensive now. | | | 树叶红了。 The leaves are turning red. | | | 今天去不成了。 We can't go today. (Before the situation changed, we had thought we could go. ) | | | 你早来一天就见着他了。 If you'd come a day sooner you would have seen him. | | | 我喝了五杯了，不能再喝了。 I have drunk five glasses and can't drink any more. |
| 4 [after an adjective, with or without 太 “too”, to express an excessive degree, i. e. to indicate that sth. has gone to the extreme]: | | | 汤咸了。 The soup is too salty. | | | 袖子长了。 The sleeves are too long. | | | 这种工作太累了。 This job is too fatiguing. | | | 他现在太老了，不能工作了。 He's too old to work now. |
| 5 [in commands or requests in response to a changed situation]: | | | 吃饭了！ Let's eat now. | | | 别说话了！ Stop talking! | | | 走了，不能再等了！ Let's go. We can't wait any longer.  liăo |
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| 了1 | | liăo | 动副 | | | 1 finish; conclude; settle; dispose of: | | | 了此一生 end this life | | | 事情还没了。 The issue hasn't been settled yet. | | | 账了了，我的心事也了了。 The debt is settled, and my worry is over. |
| 2 [in conjunction with 得，不 after a verb to express possibility or impossibility]: | | | 办得了 can manage sth. ; can be done | | | 受不了 cannot stand sth. | | | 你骗不了我。 You can't fool me. | | | 你来得了来不了？ Will you be able to come or not? |
| II 副 〈书〉 [usu. in the negative] (not) in the least; entirely (not): | | | 了不相涉 have nothing to do with; totally unrelated |
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| 了2 | | liăo | 动 | | | 动 know clearly; understand: | | | 终不能明了 cannot understand le |
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