| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |   |
| 总归 | zǒng guī | eventually / after all / anyhow | |
| 终久 | zhōng jiǔ | in the end / eventually | |
| 高低 | gāo dī | height / altitude (aviation) / pitch (music) / ups and downs (success or failure) / whether sth is right or wrong / comparative strength, weight, depth, stature / (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever / eventually, in the end | |
| 法家 | Fǎ jiā | Legalist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] and Li Si 李斯[Li3 Si1], which influenced Shang Yang 商鞅[Shang1 Yang1], whose reforms strengthened the Qin state 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], eventually enabling it to conquer rival states and unify China under the Qin dynasty 秦朝[Qin2 chao2] | |
| 皇天不负苦心人 | Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén | Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually. | |
| 落叶归根 | luò yè guī gēn | lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home | |
| 养兵千日，用兵一时 | yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off | |
| 养兵千日，用在一朝 | yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī cháo | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off | |
| 骊姬之乱 | Lí Jī zhī Luàn | Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] | |
| 养兵千日，用在一朝 | yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo | lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off | |
| 积土成山 | jī tǔ chéng shān | lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions | |
