(idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing
慎终追远 慎終追遠 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
最终幻想 最終幻想 zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game)
1. to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through2. lack of sticking power3. short attention span
1. (lit.) to die without illness (idiom)2. (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
1. lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)2. fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 卢藏用[lú càng yòng], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
终成泡影 終成泡影 zhōng chéng pào yǐng (idiom) to come to nothing
end-of-life care; hospice care; palliative care
to follow through; to carry through to the end
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
有情人终成眷属 有情人終成眷屬 yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ love will find a way (idiom)
终成眷属 終成眷屬 zhōng chéng juàn shǔ see 有情人终成眷属[yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ]
(Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick)
the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable)
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
情定终身 情定終身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn (idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows
终场锣声 終場鑼聲 zhōng chǎng luó shēng the final bell (esp. in sports competition)
lifelong partner or companion
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng 1. to succeed through failure2. to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
一日为师，终身为父 一日為師，終身為父 yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù (idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
靡不有初，鲜克有终 靡不有初，鮮克有終 mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
饱食终日，无所用心 飽食終日，無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn 1. to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)2. to be sated with food and remain idle
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
(Tw) pension (for retired military, civil service and teaching personnel)