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HSK
from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
end of the year
HSK 7-9
final; ultimate
HSK 6
to end / to reach an end
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
from start to finish (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
from start to finish
end of a fixed term
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *終* | 終* | *終
end / finish
to follow through; to carry through to the end
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 succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
to die naturally with dignity; to pass away peacefully / (of partnerships, projects etc) to end well; to have a good ending
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
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)
forever
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
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.
approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave
The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
lit. to die without illness (idiom) / fig. to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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