zhōng

end

finish

silk thread (纟) + [sound] (冬) = the end of the line

The silk radical (纟) evokes a thread reaching its end — the point where the strand runs out. 冬 lends the sound zhōng and carries no meaning here.

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Words with 终

告终

gào zhōng

to end

遐终

xiá zhōng

forever

饱食终日

bǎo shí zhōng rì

to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)

饱食终日,无所用心

bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn

to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)

养老送终

yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng

to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die

一日为师,终身为父

yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers

不可终日

bù kě zhōng rì

to be unable to carry on even for a single day

不终天年

bù zhōng tiān nián

to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)

自始至终

zì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish (idiom)

以失败而告终

yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng

to succeed through failure

剧终

jù zhōng

The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)

善始善终

shàn shǐ shàn zhōng

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

More characters with 纟

绿