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终究

zhōng jiū

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 終究

终究 (zhōng jiū) means "in the end; after all is said and done". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 终究 means

1. in the end; after all; eventually

The characters in 终究

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 究jiūafter all; to investigate; to study carefully

Example sentences

• 这终究不是一个很好主意
  Zhè zhōngjiū bù shì yī gè hěn hǎo zhǔyi
  This wasn't such a good idea after all.
• 木头或许能在水里呆上十年，但它终究不可能变成一条鳄鱼。
  Mùtou huòxǔ néng zài Shuǐlǐ dāi shàng shí nián, dàn tā zhōngjiū bù kěnéng biànchéng yī tiáo èyú.
  Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.

Where 终究 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì–zhōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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