to pay attention to or respond to someone, to put in order; to sort out
不要理他!
Ignore him!
— 一一 (2000)
不用理我，快点捡回公事包
Don’t mind me—hurry up and pick up the briefcase.
— 警察故事 (1985)
总统是白痴，你听起来不像你不想理老妈就不要接电话
The president is an idiot. You don’t sound like yourself. If you don’t want to deal with Mom, then don’t answer the phone.
— 第五元素 (1997)
你没人理了
No one pays attention to you anymore.
— 上帝之城 (2002)
你可以拒绝，不用理他们
You can refuse; you don’t have to pay attention to them.
那不用理他
Then just ignore him.
— 汉江怪物 (2006)
为什么还要理呀？
Why bother paying attention to it?
不用理他
Don't pay any attention to him.
— 热辣滚烫 (2024)
好的不会理我们理我们的又武功差
The good ones won’t bother with us, while the ones who do can’t fight.
— 七武士 (1954)
多少年了也没好好理过他
I haven't properly dealt with him in years.
— 活着 (1994)
没人理？
Is no one responding?
我没有理他
I ignored him.
— 摔跤吧！爸爸 (2016)
不用理他。
Don’t pay any attention to him.
太阳没理他
The sun ignored him.
— 窃听风暴 (2006)
走啊，不要理我
Go on, don’t mind me.
— 控制 (2007)
飞雪从此不再理我
Feixue won't talk to me anymore.
— 英雄 (2002)
不必理他
You don't need to pay any attention to him.
但别去理她
But don't pay any attention to her.
— 爱，没有明天 (2003)
不要理他
— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)
你理我？
Are you ignoring me?
— 春光乍泄 (1997)
不用理她
Don't pay any attention to her.
— 喜剧之王 (1999)
我是不想理你哦
I just don't want to talk to you, okay?
— A Sun (2019)
你不要理我
Don't pay any attention to me.
好，现在你的思路理清楚一点了吗？
Okay, is your thinking a little clearer now?
— 八部半 (1963)
我们把桌上的食物理了一下
We tidied up the food on the table a bit.
— 巴克劳 (2019)
给自己几秒钟理清楚头绪
Give yourself a few seconds to collect your thoughts.
— 落水狗 (1992)
可我一试着理清楚，脑袋就疼。
But whenever I try to sort it out, my head starts to hurt.