📖 Meaning
Everything is completely settled and finished. It describes a situation where all matters have been thoroughly resolved, leaving nothing outstanding. The idiom conveys a sense of total completion and tidiness.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom is a folk expression formed by pairing the numbers 'thousand' and 'hundred' with the character '了' (to finish or complete), emphasizing thoroughness and totality. Similar in structure to other number-paired idioms like '千了百当', it reflects the Chinese rhetorical device of using large numbers to signify completeness. No single literary source is definitively credited as its origin; it circulated as a colloquial phrase conveying that all affairs are neatly concluded.
💡 Example Usage
他把所有事务都安排得千了百了，终于可以安心退休了。
Having arranged all affairs to be completely settled, he could finally retire with peace of mind.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 千了百了
- Pinyin: qiān le bǎi le
- Literal Translation: thousand, finished, hundred, finished
- Category: Condition
- Characters: 4