不bat1了liu5了liu5之zi1

English

1. to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
2. to not complete or finish something and is not mentioned again
3. to end up with nothing definite

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 冇咗聲氣；指之前講過嘅野過咗一段時間之後冇做到同埋冇再提起

Examples

• 佢提過話想寫一本書，但係最後都不了了之。

  He mentioned he wanted to write a book, but ended up not completing it; he never mentioned it since.