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终于
終於
zhōng yú
adv. finally, at (long) last, eventually

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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妈​妈​寄​给​我​的​包​裹​终​于​到​了​。
媽​媽​寄​給​我​的​包​裹​終​於​到​了​。
mā ma jì géi wǒ de bāo guǒ zhōng yú dào le .
phr. The parcel that my mother sent me finally arrived.
十​个​小​时​以​后​他​们​终​于​到​达​了​目​的​地​。
十​個​小​時​以​後​他​們​終​於​到​達​了​目​的​地​。
shí gè xiǎo shí yǐ hòu tā men zhōng yú dào dá le mù dì dì .
phr. Ten hours later they finally arrived at their destination.
这​一​次​他​终​于​失​手​了​。
這​一​次​他​終​於​失​手​了​。
zhè yí cì tā zhōng yú shī shǒu le .
phr. he finally got pinched this time.
他​终​于​开​窍​了​！
他​終​於​開​竅​了​！
tā zhōng yú kāi qiào le
phr. Finally he got his ideas straightened out!
你​终​于​想​通​了​？
你​終​於​想​通​了​？
nǐ zhōng yú xiǎng tōng le
phr. You finally figured it out? You finally came around (to an idea)?
两​国​边​界​终​于​全​线​勘​定​。
兩​國​邊​界​終​於​全​線​勘​定​。
liǎng guó biān jiè zhōng yú quán xiàn kān dìng
phr. The entire length of the common border shared by the two countries was eventually surveyed and settled.
他​终​于​取​得​了​他​的​文​学​硕​士​学​位​
他​終​於​取​得​了​他​的​文​學​碩​士​學​位​
tā zhōng yú qǔ dé le tā de wén xué shuò shì xué wèi
phr. He finally got his Master of Arts degree.
考​试​终​于​结​束​了​。
考​試​終​於​結​束​了​。
kǎo shì zhōng yú jié shù le .
phr. Exams are finally over.
终​于​长​出​了​果​实​
終​於​長​出​了​果​實​
zhōng yú zhǎng chū le guǒ shí
phr. and finally the seed grew up and turned into a fruit (lyrics of a song entitled "Little Apple")
经​过​你​这​么​一​说​，我​终​于​明​白​了​。
經​過​你​這​麼​一​說​，我​終​於​明​白​了​.
jīng guò nǐ zhè me yì shuō, wǒ zhōng yú míng bai le .
phr. After you explained (to me), I finally managed to understand this.
他​多​次​想​移​民​美​国​，但​终​于​没​能​成​功​。
他​多​次​想​移​民​美​國​，但​終​於​沒​能​成​功​。
tā duō cì xiǎng yí mín měi guó, dàn zhōng yú méi néng chéng gōng .
phr. He had wanted to move to the US, but in the end wasn't able to succeed.