未了

wèiliǎo
  1. unfinished
  2. outstanding (business)
  3. unfulfilled

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to not have completed (an action)
  2. to not have completed (an action)

Wiktionary

  1. 未終了。
  2. 無窮盡。
  3. 沒解決。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 未 wèi
  1. not yet
  2. did not
  3. have not
  4. not
  5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
=2 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=2 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly

Containing this entry

前緣未了 qiányuánwèiliǎo one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

Related entries

未竟 wèijìng
  1. unfinished
  2. incomplete
半半拉拉 bànbànlālā
  1. incomplete
  2. unfinished
餘留 yúliú
  1. remainder
  2. fractional part (after the decimal point)
  3. unfinished
傑出 jiéchū
  1. outstanding
  2. distinguished
  3. remarkable
  4. prominent
  5. illustrious
汤姆是个杰出的爸爸。

Tom is an excellent father.

Source: Tatoeba

卓 zhuó outstanding
我給湯姆買了把斑卓琴作聖誕禮物。

I bought Tom a banjo for Christmas.

Source: Tatoeba

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