TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
終於
ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˊ · zhōngyú
adverb — finally; at last; eventually
字源 FORM — what the parts do
終end; final (終點的終)zhōng糸(silk thread) + 冬(phonetic dōng→zhōng, slight drift) — a thread reaching its end at winter's close
於at; in; by (grammatical marker 於是的於)yú
終於，終點的終，於是的於。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
絲線（糸→終中的糸）捲到盡頭，冬（冬→終中的冬）天就是那個底——等了那麼久，終於到了。
A silk thread (糸 in 終) wound to the end, winter (冬 in 終) marking the bottom — after all that waiting, it has finally arrived.
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