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最后 zuì hòu final / last / finally / ultimate
持续 chí xù to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation
延续 yán xù to continue / to go on / to last
去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
上个 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
历时 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
到了 dào liǎo at last / finally / in the end
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
去年 qù nián last year
后面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards
算是 suàn shì considered to be / at last
上次 shàng cì last time
先后 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another
临时 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night
尾页 wěi yè last page
总算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole
几个月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months
上周 shàng zhōu last week
高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
年来 nián lái this past year / over the last years
上世纪 shàng shì jì last century
昨夜 zuó yè last night
绝招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group)
末页 mò yè last page
久违 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met
不朽 bù xiǔ to last forever / eternal / enduring
上月 shàng yuè last month
上个月 shàng gè yuè last month
后边 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards
上年 shàng nián last year
前年 qián nián the year before last
末期 mò qī end (of a period) / last part / final phase
忍无可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying / at one's last gasp
争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another
最近几年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years
遗言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally
终场 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations
久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
崇祯 Chóng zhēn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
断气 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply
杀青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week
末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days
末班车 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance
气绝 qì jué to take one's last breath / dying
救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope
长存 cháng cún to last for a long time / to endure / to exist forever
终老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years
空前绝后 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique
末世 mò shì last phase (of an age)
赶尽杀绝 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless
妲己 Dá jǐ Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]
溥仪 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor
导火线 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
后段 hòu duàn final part / rear / back end / final segment / the following section / last paragraph
出殡 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral
临了 lín liǎo at the last moment / right at the end
追悼 zhuī dào to mourn / to pay last respects
青黄不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet
血书 xuè shū letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
成语接龙 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
功败垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
戈尔巴乔夫 Gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev / Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995
不得已而为之 bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī to have no other choice / to be the last resort
宣统 Xuān tǒng reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
临时抱佛脚 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort
第四纪 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
咽气 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last
扫尾 sǎo wěi to complete the last stage of work / to round off
桃花扇 Táo huā Shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
旧年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
临阵磨枪 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment
断子绝孙 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line
去岁 qù suì last year
残喘 cán chuǎn remaining breath / last gasp
从去年 cóng qù nián since last year
阿鼻地狱 A1 bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
彭定康 Péng Dìng kāng Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997
季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
卒 zú soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night
捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
名落孙山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost
危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù precarious as morning dew (idiom) / unlikely to last out the day
日久岁深 rì jiǔ suì shēn to last for an eternity (idiom)
万不得已 wàn bù dé yǐ only when absolutely essential (idiom) / as a last resort
体恤入微 tǐ xù rù wēi to emphasize down to last detail (idiom) / to show every possible consideration / meticulous care
今朝有酒今朝醉 jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
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