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Chinese dictionary
adv.after all; all in all
这种人毕竟很少。
At the end of the day, people like that are rare.
尽管有点晚,但他毕竟还是来了。
He came, though a bit late.
他毕竟是孩子。
He is after all a child.
毕竟我被他打败了。
After all, I am defeated by him.
个人的力量毕竟有限。
After all, individual strength is limited.
毕竟我不能打退堂鼓。
After all I could not recede.
毕竟,南非传统上与英美较为亲善。
South Africa does after all have traditionally close ties to Britain and the US.
Word usage
- Note"毕竟" is different from "究竟". "究竟" can be used in interrogatives and has nounal usage; "毕竟" cannot be used in interrogative sentences and has no nounal usage.