去 qù (= go) + 了le (= particle) by itself means passed away.
The phrase verb + 去 qù (= go) + 了le (= particle) can be translated into: He went in order to do something.
他 | 去 | 了 | 。 |
tā | qù | le | _ |
he | go | particle | _ |
he, him, other | go to, pass away, remove | grammatical particle of time | 。 |
He has passed away. |
他 | 作 | 东 | 西 | 去 | 了 | 。 |
tā | zuò | dōng | xī | qù | le | _ |
he | do | east | west | go | particle | _ |
he, him, other | make, act as, write, compose | thing, creature | go to, pass away, remove | grammatical particle of time | 。 | |
He went to do something. |