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Definitions

  1. 1. unexpectedly
  2. 2. actually
  3. 3. to go so far as to
  4. 4. indeed

Example Sentences

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你 竟 敢這樣對長輩說話?!
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Words Containing 竟

毕竟
bì jìng

after all

究竟
jiū jìng

to go to the bottom of a matter

竟敢
jìng gǎn

to have the impertinence

竟然
jìng rán

unexpectedly

一探究竟
yī tàn jiū jìng

to check out

有志竟成
yǒu zhì jìng chéng

persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng

a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

未竟
wèi jìng

unfinished

未竟之志
wèi jìng zhī zhì

unfulfilled ambition

竟日
jìng rì

(literary) all day long

竟陵
jìng líng

Jingling, former name of Tianmen 天門|天门, Hubei

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