竟

竟 [jìng] 动

1. ■ （完毕） finish; complete:

竟书 finish writing;

事竟 work completed;

未竟之业 unaccomplished cause; unfinished task

2. ■ [书] （彻底追究） investigate:

穷原竟委 investigate thoroughly the origin and development of an event; get to the bottom of sth.

形

1. ■ （从头到尾; 全） whole; throughout:

竟夜 the whole night; throughout the night

副

1. ■ （终于） in the end; eventually:

有志者事竟成。 Where there's a will there's a way.

2. ■ （表示出乎意料） unexpectedly; actually:

这么大的事你竟会不知道? I'm surprised that you didn't know of such an important event.

这么陡的峭壁, 谁知他竟爬上去了。 Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?

3. ■ （居然） go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence [effrontery] to:

竟当面撒谎 go so far as to tell a bare-faced lie

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

竟仲 Jing Zhong