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HSK
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc)
HSK 1
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  *完* | 完* | *完
to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire
HSK 2
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
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  *成* | 成* | *成
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
HSK 2
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  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
termination / to finish / to end / to conclude / to close
HSK 3
graduation / to graduate / to finish school
HSK 4
the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *尽* | 尽* | *尽
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely
HSK 6
consistent / constant / from start to finish / all along / persistent
HSK 6
to finish / to end / to complete
HSK 7-9
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
HSK 7-9
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
HSK 7-9
to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
HSK 7-9
from start to finish (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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  *毕* | 毕* | *毕
the whole of / to finish / to complete / complete / full / finished
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  *终* | 终* | *终
end / finish
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  *卒* | 卒* | *卒
soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
coating agent / finishing agent
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
to order / to enjoin / to charge / to instruct sb to finish sth
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to add the finishing touch (abbr. for 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛)
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
to finish / to conclude / completed
to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc)
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  *罢* | 罢* | *罢
to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish
period (punctuation) / (fig.) endpoint / finish
to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
final part of a go game (see 官子) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
to wind up / to bring to an end / to finish
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
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  *竣* | 竣* | *竣
complete / finish
to finish a job on time / to produce the goods
to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to finish off / to wind up
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate
(idiom) to fail to finish off what one started
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  *儩* | 儩* | *儩
the end / to finish
to finish eating
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  *傮* | 傮* | *傮
finish, to go around
to finish / to complete the task
the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form / a book already in circulation
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
(gaming or wrestling) finishing move; finisher
to start and finish work
siu mei; Cantonese-style barbecue (roasted meats, such as pork, duck or chicken, seasoned and cooked to a crispy, flavorful finish)
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander)
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
to finish a competition; to complete a race (without withdrawing partway through)
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
to finish an exam
perfect finish (idiom)
to finish writing
(coll.) lowest-ranking (student, participant etc) / to rank at the bottom of the list / to finish last
from start to finish
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
(of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
to finish work / to complete a project
to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
finishing line
(used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish
lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish


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