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终究

zhōng jiū
HSK 7

English Meaning

in the end; after all is said and done

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
却终究触不到 那个所谓的圆满
HSK 7 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“No matter how hard I struggled, I could never attain that elusive completeness in the end.”

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在命运的迷宫中左突右冲

“dashing left and right in the maze of fate,”

“yet still never reaching (Vast as the Earth) that so-called fulfillment.”

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陛下

“Your Majesty.”

《莫离》 · historical_and_court
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终究独行其道
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“No matter how broad the path or companionable the journey, everyone must ultimately walk alone and face their own trials.”

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纵有通衢

“(Even with wide roads,)”

2. TARGET TURN 终究独行其道

“(in the end, each walks their own way,)”

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各渡其劫

“(enduring one's own trials.)”

《莫离》 · historical_and_court
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终究还是有距离感吧
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“We can say we are together, but deep down there is still an emotional wall between us.”

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这还明确不了 还能怎么明确 在一起就是在一起啊

“How is that not clearly defined? How else would you define it? Being together is being together.”

“In the end, there was still a sense of distance.”

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而那最后的一点距离感

“(And that last bit of distance)”

《爱情没有神话》 · social_and_dating
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