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