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竟

Mandarin · pinyin jìng

unexpectedly
actually
to go so far as to
indeed

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竟: jìng · finally, after all, at last

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to finish; to end (literary)
finally; after all; at last (literary)
unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly
whole; entire

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