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from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
at last / in the end / finally / eventually
HSK 3
the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to stop; to terminate
HSK 5
lifelong / all one's life / marriage
HSK 5
final; ultimate
HSK 6
end of the year
HSK 7-9
in the end / after all is said and done
HSK 7-9
throughout one's life / lifetime; lifelong
HSK 7-9
end; conclusion / to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
HSK 7-9
from start to finish (idiom)
HSK 7-9
endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game
ultimate / final
end / terminal
approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave
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end / finish
all day long
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
to end
terminal
to end / to reach an end
entire year / throughout the year / age at death
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
year-end bonus
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
finishing line
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 spend one's last years
end of a fixed term
The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
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 die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
final ruling
unswerving / unflinching
life tenure
in the end / eventually
love will find a way (idiom)
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
lit. to die without illness (idiom) / fig. to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
all day long / all one's life
(idiom) to come to nothing
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
terminus / final stop on rail or bus line
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
terminal / final
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
perfect finish (idiom)
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to follow through; to carry through to the end
eternal regret
forever
Final Fantasy (video game)
life sentence
Court of Final Appeal
from start to finish
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
(Tw) pension (for retired military, civil service and teaching personnel)
permanent snow cover
end user
to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
(idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows
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.
(Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick)
lifelong partner or companion
end product
to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
dumb terminal
to die of old age / to live to a ripe old age / (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
the final bell (esp. in sports competition)
end of the war
terminal cancer
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
destination address
end-of-life care; hospice care; palliative care
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle


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