不了了之

bùliǎo-liǎozhī

to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to drop without resolution

HSK 7-9

Pronunciation

bùliǎo-liǎozhī

这件事拖了半年，最后不了了之，没人再提。

Zhè jiàn shì tuō le bàn nián, zuìhòu bùliǎo-liǎozhī, méi rén zài tí.

The matter dragged on for half a year and was finally dropped without a clear resolution; nobody mentioned it again.

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