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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

罢了 [bàliǎo]
  1. 1. verb let it pass

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

罢了 [bàliǎo]
  1. 1. let it pass; be done with it
    他不肯也罢了,连个回信也不给。
    I wouldn't have minded his refusing, but he didn't even answer my letter.
    他不愿意来也就罢了
    Let him stay away if he wishes.
    时间不够也就罢了
    他干活儿慢也罢了,还经常偷懒休息。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

罢了 [bàliǎo]
  1. 1. 用在陈述句的末尾,表示仅此而已(有把事情往小里说的意味,常同"不过、只是、无非"等词相呼应)
    我不过是开个玩笑罢了,你可不要当真
    他无非是想吓唬你罢了
  2. 2. 作罢,表示不再计较
    难道就此罢了不成?

Examples

工人已经罢了三天工了。
The workers have been on strike for three days now. 罢工
这没有什么,我不过做了我应该做的事罢了
It's nothing. I've only done what I ought to do. 罢了
别太认真了,她不过是在寻开心罢了
Don't take it too seriously. She is only joking. 寻开心
不用相信他这些话, 他只不过为了惑人耳目罢了 惑人耳目
他上台时向群众许了好多愿,我看不过是徒托空言罢了 徒托空言
他不愿意来也就罢了
Let him stay away if he wishes. 罢了
他不肯也罢了,连个回信也不给。
I wouldn't have minded his refusing, but he didn't even answer my letter. 罢了
那算不上什么错误,只是一种过失罢了
That wasn't really a mistake; it was only a slip. 过失
我何尝不想去,只是没工夫罢了
Not that I don't want to go; I just haven't got the time. 何尝
他们的甜言蜜语不过是引鱼上钩的诱饵罢了
Their honeyed words are nothing but bait to hook the fish. 甜言蜜语

Word Decomposition


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