"Finally" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final / last / finally / ultimate |   |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually | |
| 到底 | dào dǐ | finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last | |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result | |
| 总算 | zǒng suàn | at long last / finally / on the whole | |
| 到了 | dào liǎo | at last / finally / in the end | |
| 到头来 | dào tóu lái | in the end / finally / as a result | |
| 末了 | mò liǎo | (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally | |
| 末后 | mò hòu | finally | |
| 遂 |  suì | to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach | |
| 卒 | zú | soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess | |
| 端然 | duān rán | upright / finally / unexpectedly | |
| 结末 | jié mò | ending / finally | |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view | |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) | |
| 相见恨晚 | xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn | to regret not having met earlier (idiom) / It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along. | |
| 落入法网 | luò rù fǎ wǎng | to fall into the net of justice (idiom) / finally arrested | |
| 靴子落地 | xuē zi luò dì | lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) | |
