HSK 7–9 grammar · adverb
终究
终究 — in the end, after all
Pattern
+ +
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
终究 appeals to how things must turn out in the long run, whatever happens along the way: "in the end, when all is said and done". It often introduces a fact the listener is being asked to accept.
Examples
纸终究包不住火。
Zhǐ zhōngjiū bāo bu zhù huǒ.
The truth will come out in the end.
他终究还是个孩子。
Tā zhōngjiū háishi ge háizi.
After all, he's still a child.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 终究 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.