zhōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. end
  2. 2. finish

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Words Containing 终

始终
shǐ zhōng

from beginning to end

年终
nián zhōng

end of the year

最终
zuì zhōng

final; ultimate

终年
zhōng nián

entire year

终于
zhōng yú

at last

终止
zhōng zhǐ

to stop

终生
zhōng shēng

throughout one's life

终究
zhōng jiū

in the end

终结
zhōng jié

end; conclusion

终身
zhōng shēn

lifelong

终点
zhōng diǎn

the end

自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish (idiom)

一日为师,终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

不可终日
bù kě zhōng rì

to be unable to carry on even for a single day

不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián

to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)

以失败而告终
yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng

to succeed through failure

剧终
jù zhōng

The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)

告终
gào zhōng

to end

哑终端
yǎ zhōng duān

dumb terminal

善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

寿终
shòu zhōng

(fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)

寿终正寝
shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn

(fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life

始终不渝
shǐ zhōng bù yú

unswerving

始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī

unswerving from start to finish (idiom)

守一而终
shǒu yī ér zhōng

to be faithful to one's mate all one's life

年终奖
nián zhōng jiǎng

year-end bonus

从一而终
cóng yī ér zhōng

faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

情定终身
qíng dìng zhōng shēn

to pledge eternal love (idiom)

慎终追远
shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn

to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites

忧苦以终
yōu kǔ yǐ zhōng

worried to death (idiom)

曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ

perfect finish (idiom)

最终幻想
zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng

Final Fantasy (video game)

有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng

to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through

有情人终成眷属
yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ

love will find a way (idiom)

期终
qī zhōng

end of a fixed term

为德不终
wéi dé bù zhōng

to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through

无疾而终
wú jí ér zhōng

to die peacefully

牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí

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.

私定终身
sī dìng zhōng shēn

to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval

终久
zhōng jiǔ

in the end

终了
zhōng liǎo

to end

终傅
zhōng fù

last rites (Christian ceremony)

终南
zhōng nán

Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an

终南山
zhōng nán shān

Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an

终南捷径
zhōng nán jié jìng

lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)

终场
zhōng chǎng

end (of a performance or sports match)

终场锣声
zhōng chǎng luó shēng

the final bell (esp. in sports competition)

终天
zhōng tiān

all day long

终天之恨
zhōng tiān zhī hèn

eternal regret

终审
zhōng shěn

final ruling

终审法院
zhōng shěn fǎ yuàn

Court of Final Appeal

终局
zhōng jú

endgame

终年积雪
zhōng nián jī xuě

permanent snow cover

终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng

to come to nothing (idiom)

终成眷属
zhōng chéng juàn shǔ

see 有情人終成眷屬|有情人终成眷属[yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ]

终战
zhōng zhàn

end of the war

终日
zhōng rì

all day long

终期
zhōng qī

terminal

终期癌
zhōng qī ái

terminal cancer

终极
zhōng jí

ultimate

终生伴侣
zhōng shēng bàn lǚ

lifelong partner or companion

终产物
zhōng chǎn wù

end product

终端
zhōng duān

end

终端机
zhōng duān jī

terminal

终端用户
zhōng duān yòng hù

end user

终老
zhōng lǎo

to spend one's last years

终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ

lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle

终声
zhōng shēng

the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)

终身俸
zhōng shēn fèng

pension

终身制
zhōng shēn zhì

life tenure

终身大事
zhōng shēn dà shì

major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)

终身监禁
zhōng shēn jiān jìn

life sentence

终点地址
zhōng diǎn dì zhǐ

destination address

终点站
zhōng diǎn zhàn

terminus

终点线
zhōng diǎn xiàn

finishing line

临终
lín zhōng

approaching one's end

临终关怀
lín zhōng guān huái

palliative care

至始至终
zhì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish

贯彻始终
guàn chè shǐ zhōng

to follow through

送终
sòng zhōng

to pay one's last respects

遐终
xiá zhōng

forever

靡不有初,鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng

almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

饱食终日
bǎo shí zhōng rì

to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)

饱食终日,无所用心
bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn

to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)

养老送终
yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng

to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die