Western Mandarin/Words with Characters/6

by Adam Grainger

The 6th radical. (亅)

1

了 liao³.

often pronounced la³ in sentences like the last.

不得了

in a fix; lit. it cannot be ended or settled.

又了咯一件事

that's another row settled.

了不得

extraordinary; extreme; infinite; inexhaustible.

一看就了然

you will understand it as soon as you look at it.

纔來了

just come [indicates past time].

了性酒

a kind of medicinal wine.

7

事 sï⁴.

我的事不好

my affairs are in a bad state.

那是個不懂事的

he is an ignorant fellow.

好事不出門惡事傳千里

good deeds never travel, but bad deeds spread a thousand miles.

辦事的

the manager of a business.

做事不對

you do not do your work properly.

沒事業

having no occupation.

同事的人

partners in an undertaking.

有甚麽心事

what are you grieving about; lit. what is your heart trouble?

惹出多少的事來

it will stir up a lot of trouble.

服事

to serve.