Mnemonic comic for 了
Translation
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol from "to finish" and the shape of the character: a prize cup.
Li Qingzhao (li) is responsible for manufacturing a prize cup (了). She only needs to add a poetic engraving. Unfortunately, she suffers from a writer's block. In the aorta's living room (ao3), someone left a cryptic message engraved on the walls using a sickle (乛), which is still lying on the floor. Being an accomplished poet Li Qingzhao is able to understand the message clearly (了), realizes its poetic potential and starts to engrave it on the prize cup using a crowbar (亅).
All translations for 了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
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(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
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unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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了 character breakdown
variant of 乙[zhe2]
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"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
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Characters with 了 as component
(noun suffix)
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son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
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to treat / to cure / therapy
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prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)
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ruthenium (chemistry)
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see 釕銱兒|钌铞儿[liao4 diao4 r5] / Taiwan pr. [liao3]
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Words with 了
once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch