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终
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Definitions
- 1. end
- 2. finish
Example Sentences
1 shown终 于！
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Words Containing 终
lifelong
from start to finish
dumb terminal
forever
unswerving
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
ultimate
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
to come to nothing (idiom)
year-end bonus
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an
life sentence
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
end of the year
worried to death (idiom)
perfect finish (idiom)
lifelong partner or companion
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
Court of Final Appeal
to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
(fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
permanent snow cover
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
in the end
end of the war
final; ultimate
lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
to die peacefully
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
terminus
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
terminal
destination address
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to end
end
Final Fantasy (video game)
throughout one's life
end (of a performance or sports match)
end user
eternal regret
to end
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
last rites (Christian ceremony)
endgame
palliative care
entire year
all day long
end of a fixed term
pension
end product
final ruling
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
to follow through
love will find a way (idiom)
to stop
see 有情人終成眷屬|有情人终成眷属[yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ]
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
the end
to pay one's last respects
to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
at last
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
(fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
in the end
to succeed through failure
end; conclusion
to pledge eternal love (idiom)
finishing line
life tenure
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
all day long
to spend one's last years
terminal cancer
the final bell (esp. in sports competition)
The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
terminal
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
from beginning to end
approaching one's end
to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
to be unable to carry on even for a single day
from start to finish (idiom)