粵

告gou3終zung1

simp告终
gou3 zung1gào zhōng

English

  1. to end; to come to an end
  2. to come to an end; to end up in

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 宣告事情嘅終結

Examples

  • 小说以女主角的死告终。

    The novel ends with the heroine's death.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 他去年試過戒煙,但卻以失敗告終。

    He tried to give up smoking last year, but it was in vain.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 对于这个棘手的问题,无论我尝试多少次,结果都会以失败告终。

    Regardless how many times I try to solve this nasty problem, I always end up failing.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 以失敗告終

    end up in failure

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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