bù liǎo liǎo zhī
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
to end up with nothing definite
liǎo liǎo
to realize clearly
to settle a matter
to get it over with
xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiā
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)