竟[jìng]

动finish; complete

♦ 未~之业 unaccomplished cause; unfinished task

形throughout; whole

♦ ~夜 the whole night; throughout the night

副

1. 书 in the end; eventually

♦ 有志者事竟成

2. unexpectedly; actually

♦ 这么陡的峭壁, 谁知他~爬上去了。 Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?

3. go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence (or effrontery) to