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Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
持续 持續 chí xù to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation syn
延续 延續 yán xù to continue / to go on / to last syn
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
历时 歷時 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
孻 lái last
末人 mò rén last
最后岗位 最後崗位 zuì hòu gǎng wèi last
末任 mò rèn (of the holder of an official post which no longer exists) the last (incumbent)
𡥧 孻 lái last / see 鰣魚|鲥鱼[shi2yu2] / used in 鶆䴈|𱉵𬸩[lai2ao3]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
终于 終於 zhōng yú at last / in the end / finally / eventually syn
到底 dào dǐ finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last syn
去年 qù nián last year syn
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards 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
持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn
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
救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope
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
大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
追悼 zhuī dào to mourn / to pay last respects syn
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
扫尾 掃尾 sǎo wěi to complete the last stage of work / to round off syn
到了 dào liǎo at last / finally / in the end
算是 suàn shì considered to be / at last syn
上次 shàng cì last time
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn
尾页 尾頁 wěi yè last page
几个月 幾個月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months
上周 shàng zhōu last week
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
年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years
上世纪 上世紀 shàng shì jì last century
昨夜 zuó yè last night syn
绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow syn
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn
末页 末頁 mò yè last page
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
不朽 bù xiǔ to last forever / eternal / enduring syn
上月 shàng yuè last month
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
上年 shàng nián last year syn
前年 qián nián the year before last
末期 mò qī end (of a period) / last part / final phase 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
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying / at one's last gasp syn
最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years
遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
终场 終場 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations syn
久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn
崇祯 崇禎 chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply 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
上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week
末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days syn
末班车 末班車 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance
气绝 氣絕 qì jué to take one's last breath / dying
长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time / to endure / to exist forever syn
终老 終老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years
末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn
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
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
导火线 導火線 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw syn
后段 後段 hòu duàn final part / rear / back end / final segment / the following section / last paragraph
出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn
临了 臨了 lín liǎo at the last moment / right at the end
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
血书 血書 xuè shū letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
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
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
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
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)
咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last syn
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
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
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
压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
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
季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn
卒 zú soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess syn
晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night syn
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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