終

end / finish

winter

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

surname Dong

(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat

from beginning to end / all along

to end / to reach an end

end of the year

unswerving from start to finish (idiom)

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.

to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life

to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation

year-end bonus

unswerving / unflinching

faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

worried to death (idiom)

lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)

to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback

The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)

dumb terminal

to die of old age / to live to a ripe old age / (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)

to be faithful to one's mate all one's life

to pledge eternal love (idiom) / to exchange marriage vows

to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites