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未竟之志

wèi jìng zhī zhì · unfulfilled ambition

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Simplified未竟之志

Traditional未竟之志

Pinyinwèi jìng zhī zhì

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

未wèi

not yet; 8th terrestrial branch

竟jìng

finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

志zhì

determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write

How to learn 未竟之志

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

竟然jìngrán

unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to

究竟jiūjìng

to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result

杂志zázhì

magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it

之后zhīhòu

after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then