私si1了liu5

si1 liu5sī liǎo

English

to settle privately
to solve behind closed doors
to settle out of court
to settle something out of court

粵語 — Cantonese

私下解決爭端，唔經體制內程序

Examples

佢哋唔想打官司，所以最後決定私了。
They don't want to go to court so they eventually decide to settle things out of court.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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