毕竟
bìjìng
after all, in the end
Part of speech · adverb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 他毕竟还是个孩子,别太苛刻。After all, he is still a child; don’t be too harsh.
- 钱虽然重要,但毕竟不是一切。Money matters, but after all it isn’t everything.
Collocations
毕竟是毕竟还是毕竟不同到底
Mnemonic
毕 bì "to finish" + 竟 jìng "after all": "after all, in the end". An adverb stressing a fundamental fact when all is considered. 毕竟是孩子 = after all, (he) is a child. Similar to 到底.
Related
到底终究究竟总归
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