不了了之 bù liǎo liǎo zhī

DEFINITIONS

  1. to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
  2. to end up with nothing definite

CHARACTERS

不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
了 liǎo to finish; particle of completed action
了 liǎo to finish; particle of completed action
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to