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罢了

bà le · ba le/bà liǎo · ba liao

Traditional 罷了

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Meaning

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bà le 罷了

  1. a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

bà liǎo 罷了

  1. a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
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In a conversation

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Just a battery

  1. Liangliang

    哇(wa)，你(nǐ)会(huì)修(xiū)电脑(diànnǎo)？

    Wow, you can fix computers?

  2. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)没什么(méishénme)，我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)换了(huànle)一个(yīgè)电池(diànchí)罢了(bàle)。

    It's nothing. I only changed a battery, that's all.

  3. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)我的(wǒde)电脑(diànnǎo)修了(xiūle)三天(sāntiān)都(dōu)没(méi)修好(xiūhǎo)。

    But my computer has been in repair for three days and still isn't fixed.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)看了看(kànlekàn)视频(shìpín)罢了(bàle)。

    I just watched a video, that's all.

  5. Liangliang

    看视频(kànshìpín)？那(nà)我(wǒ)也(yě)要看(yàokàn)！

    A video? Then I want to watch it too!

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01

不(bú)过(guò)是(shì)一(yí)个(ge)文(wén)字(zì)游(yóu)戏(xì)罢(bà)了(le)。

It's just a play on words.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

人(rén)生(shēng)只(zhǐ)不(bú)过(guò)是(shì)场(chǎng)梦(mèng)罢(bà)了(le)。

Life is only a dream.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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