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liǎo
v. (used in conjunction with de5 or bu4, after a verb) can
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Other meanings
[liǎo]   v. understand, know clearly
[le]   par. used after a verb or an adj to indicate the completion of an action, or the end of a sentence for a change of situation
[liǎo]   v./adv. to end, to conclude; (lit.) (not...) at all
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    hook (for )
    the second Celestial stem (for )
'了' is part of the following simplified words:
 了 亨 哼 烹 疗 辽 钌
'了' is part of the following traditional words:
 了 亨 哼 烹 釕
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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shǎo bù liǎo
phr. cannot do without, be unavoidable, be bound to be many
miǎn bù liǎo
v. be unavoidable
wàng bù liǎo
phr. cannot forget
zǒu bù liǎo
phr./v. not be able to go; can not leave
huī fù bù liǎo
phr. can not recover; be not able to recover
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wǒ lái bù liǎo
phr. I can't come.
chà bù liǎo duō shao
phr. not have much difference, be roughly the same
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zhè diǎn shì wó lí jiě bù liǎo de
phr. This is what I cannot understand.
jiāo bu liǎo
phr. cannot submit or hand over
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wǒ men gǎi biàn bu liǎo guò qù, dàn shì ké yǐ shì zhe gǎi biàn zì jǐ de tài dù .
phr. We cannot change the past, but (we) can try to change our own attitudes.