了事

to dispose of a matter / to be done with it

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions

(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

see 虛應故事|虚应故事[xu1 ying4 gu4 shi4]

to rush through the work / to get through a thing carelessly

sth bad happened