去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 最后 最後 zuì hòu final / last / finally / ultimate syn 到底 dào dǐ finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 去年 qù nián last year syn 上次 shàng cì last time 上周 shàng zhōu last week 持续 持續 chí xù to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month 上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week 延续 延續 yán xù to continue / to go on / to last syn 遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn 持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 不朽 bù xiǔ to last forever / eternal / enduring syn 昨夜 zuó yè last night syn 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw 奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying / at one's last gasp syn 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow syn 末期 mò qī end (of a period) / last part / final phase syn 长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time / to endure / to exist forever syn 追悼 zhuī dào to mourn / to pay last respects syn 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn 上月 shàng yuè last month 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless syn 导火线 導火線 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw syn 末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days syn 咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last syn 前年 qián nián the year before last 终场 終場 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations syn 空前绝后 空前絕後 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique syn 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn 历时 歷時 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic 戈尔巴乔夫 戈爾巴喬夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev / Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 争先恐后 爭先恐後 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another syn 扫尾 掃尾 sǎo wěi to complete the last stage of work / to round off syn 上年 shàng nián last year syn 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 末班车 末班車 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance 不得已而为之 不得已而為之 bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī to have no other choice / to be the last resort 临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn 下旬 xià xún last third of the month 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 功败垂成 功敗垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory syn 临了 臨了 lín liǎo at the last moment / right at the end 血书 血書 xuè shū letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc 去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year 尾页 尾頁 wěi yè last page 几个月 幾個月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months 上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years 上世纪 上世紀 shàng shì jì last century 末页 末頁 mò yè last page 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 崇祯 崇禎 chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) 气绝 氣絕 qì jué to take one's last breath / dying 救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope 终老 終老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years 妲己 dá jǐ Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1] 溥仪 溥儀 pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 后段 後段 hòu duàn final part / rear / back end / final segment / the following section / last paragraph 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 成语接龙 成語接龍 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next 宣统 宣統 xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4] 旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn 断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line syn 去岁 去歲 qù suì last year syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time 压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax 好景不长 好景不長 hǎo jǐng bù cháng a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) syn 晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night syn 残喘 殘喘 cán chuǎn remaining breath / last gasp 从去年 從去年 cóng qù nián since last year 阿鼻地狱 阿鼻地獄 ā bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells 彭定康 péng dìng kāng Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997 捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 名落孙山 名落孫山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition) syn 一命呜呼 一命嗚呼 yī mìng wū hū to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost syn 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù precarious as morning dew (idiom) / unlikely to last out the day 日久岁深 日久歲深 rì jiǔ suì shēn to last for an eternity (idiom) 