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| Processed by: | richwarm (2020-11-26 01:28:54 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 67347 - submitted by 'pepe' >> OCC: 临了他才说了实话。 Finally, he told the truth. https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%B4%E4%BA%86 临了，拼音是lín liǎo，汉语词语，意思是到最后；到末了。 元·王晔《桃花女》第二折：“临了又有一个油嘴小星儿，也与我一岁，说我整整的一百岁。” -------------------------------------- Editor: 1. Where did you come across the word? It would have been helpful to see the context. It seems to be a bit rare: Q. What is the difference between 最后 and 最终 and 终于 and 临了 ? A. [...] 临了，actually this word looks strange, hardly used. https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/17050098 One of your quotes is from the Ming dynasty, and the other is a (possibly artificial) example from a dictionary. 2. The proposed definition makes it sound like one has been expecting it to happen earlier. - "Finally he confessed." (sounds like we suspected him all along) - "Eventually (or "in the end") he gave up." (sounds like he had been failing for a while) But 临了 can simply signify that something happens at the end of a period of time, without necessarily implying that one was expecting it. a) 他臨了才說不能辦，另想辦法也來不及了。 b) 可是唐小姐临了“我们的朋友”那一句，又使他作酸泼醋的理想里，隐隐有一大群大男孩子围绕着唐小姐。 "But Miss Tang's parting remark about "our friends" made him jealous as he conjured up visions of a huge throng of young men secretly surrounding her." c) 临了上汽车的时候，他又严厉地吩咐屠维岳道： "Just as he was getting into his car, he turned round to give Tu Wei-yueh his final warning:" |
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# 臨了 临了 [lin2 liao3] /finally/eventually/in the end/ + 臨了 临了 [lin2 liao3] /at the last moment/right at the end/ |