一了百了 (yī le) — solving the key problem resolves everything; once the main issue is settled, all subsidiary ones are settled; death ends all troubles (used to express that dying puts an end to worries)
Definition
Literally 'solve one, done a hundred' — once the root problem is fixed, every related issue is settled. The second sense (death ends all troubles) is darker and euphemistic, not the everyday reading.
idiom
solving the key problem resolves everythingonce the main issue is settledall subsidiary ones are settleddeath ends all troubles (used to express that dying puts an end to worries)
Examples
- ，一了百了。Zhǐ yào bǎ zhè ge wèn tí jiě jué le, jiù yī le le.Once you solve this problem, everything else will fall into place.
- ，一了百了。Tā jué de huó zhe tài tòng kǔ, rèn wéi yī le shì zuì hǎo de xuǎn zé.He feels life is too painful and thinks death would end all his troubles.
- ，一了百了，。Bié dān xīn, zhè jiàn shì yī le, qí tā de zì rán jiù shùn le.Don't worry, once this matter is resolved, the rest will naturally work out.
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