HSK 6 grammar · pattern
算了
算了 — forget it / never mind
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
算了 is a set phrase for dropping a matter — "forget it", "never mind", "let it go". It signals the speaker has decided not to pursue something.
Examples
算了，别生气了。
Suàn le, bié shēngqì le.
Forget it, don't be angry.
他不想去就算了。
Tā bù xiǎng qù jiù suàn le.
If he doesn't want to go, then never mind.
算了吧，这事我不管了。
Suàn le ba, zhè shì wǒ bù guǎn le.
Let it go — I'm done with this matter.
See it in a story
In the app, 算了 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.