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)

dumb terminal

perfect finish (idiom)

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

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

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

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

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

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

worried to death (idiom)

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)