zhōng yú 
		at last
in the end
finally
eventually
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǐ zhōng 
		from beginning to end
all along
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			zì shǐ zhì zhōng 
		from start to finish (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng nián 
		entire year
throughout the year
age at death
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lín zhōng 
		approaching one's end
with one foot in the grave
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng zhǐ 
		to stop
to terminate (law)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng diǎn 
		the end
end point
finishing line (in a race)
destination
terminus
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng shēng 
		throughout one's life
lifetime
lifelong
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng jiū 
		in the end
after all is said and done
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng shēn 
		lifelong
all one's life
marriage
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng jié 
		end
conclusion
to come to an end
to terminate (sth)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng diǎn zhàn 
		terminus
final stop on rail or bus line
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng chéng juàn shǔ 
		see 有情人終成眷屬|有情人终成眷属[you3 qing2 ren2 zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǐ zhōng rú yī 
		unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ 
		love will find a way (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zuì zhōng Huàn xiǎng 
		Final Fantasy (video game)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng shēn dà shì 
		major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng jú 
		endgame
conclusion
outcome
final part of a chess game
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn 
		to die of old age
to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhōng nán shān 
		Zhongnan mountain, near Xi'an
also known as Taiyi Mountain
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng 
		where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
to carry things through
I started, so I'll finish.
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàn shǐ shàn zhōng 
		where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
to carry things through
I started, so I'll finish.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cóng yī ér zhōng 
		faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù kě zhōng rì 
		to be unable to carry on even for a single day
to be in a desperate situation
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhōng nán 
		Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sòng zhōng 
		to pay one's last respects
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng 
		to succeed through failure
to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng zhàn 
		end of war
armistice
cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒu shǐ wú zhōng 
		to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
lack of sticking power
short attention span
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng shēng bàn lǚ 
		lifelong partner or companion
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎo shí zhōng rì 
		to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)