到期
dào qī
Pinyin

Definition

到期
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dào qī
  1. to fall due (loan etc)
  2. to expire (visa etc)
  3. to mature (investment bond etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
jià qī
  1. 1 vacation

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

两年啊?我的签证明年十月就到期了,月卡多少呢?
liǎng nián ā ?wǒ de qiānzhèng míngnián shíyuè jiù dàoqī le ,yuèkǎ duōshao ne ?
Two years? My visa expires in October of next year. How much is the monthly pass?
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怎么会这样?是不是因为你们合同没到期?
zénme huì zhèyàng ?shì bùshì yīnwèi nǐmen hétong méi dàoqī ?
How could that be? Is it because your contract hasn't finished yet?
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到期了。可是他说房子被我用旧了,不退押金了。
dàoqī le 。kěshì tā shuō fángzi bèi wǒ yòng jiù le ,bù tuì yājīn le 。
It's finished. But he says that I've worn out the apartment. He won't give the deposit back.
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喂?曹先生,您的汽车保险快要到期了,您需要续保吗?
wéi ?cáo xiānsheng ,nín de qìchēbǎoxiǎn kuàiyào dàoqī le ,nín xūyào xùbǎo ma ?
Hello? Mr. Cao, your car insurance is about to come due. Do you need to renew your insurance?
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是吗?那宽带的合同到期后就换这个吧。
shì ma ?nà kuāndài de hétong dàoqī hòu jiù huàn zhège ba 。
Really? Then after your contract for the broadband expires, you can switch to that.
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啊!小孙,我的防毒软件要到期了,怎么办?
ā !Xiǎosūn ,wǒ de fángdú ruǎnjiàn yào dàoqī le ,zěnme bàn ?
Oh! Xiao Sun, my antivirus software is about to expire. What should I do?
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我现在拿的是旅游签证,期限是九十天。就要到期了。
wǒ xiànzài ná de shì lǚyóu qiānzhèng ,qīxiàn shì jiǔshí tiān 。jiùyào dàoqī le 。
The one I have now is a 90 day tourist visa. It's about to expire.
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房子的租约就要到期了,你准备续租吗?
fángzi de zūyuē jiùyào dàoqī le ,nǐ zhǔnbèi xùzū ma ?
The lease on the apartment is almost up. Do you plan to renew it?
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还有两个月才到期,我们以后再说吧。
hái yǒu liǎng ge yuè cái dàoqī ,wǒmen yǐhòu zài shuō ba 。
The lease isn't up for another two months. Let's talk about it another time.
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还没呢。我买的是三年期的定投,每个月存个几百块,而且是稳健型的,亏也亏不到哪儿去。等到期了,如果行情不好,我就卖掉换其他投资产品。
hái méi ne 。wǒ mǎi de shì sān nián qī de dìngtóu ,měi ge yuè cún ge jǐ bǎi kuài ,érqiě shì wěnjiàn xíng de ,kuī yě kuī bùdào nǎr qù 。děng dàoqī le ,rúguǒ hángqíng bù hǎo ,wǒ jiù màidiào huàn qítā tóuzī chǎnpǐn 。
No, not yet. I bought a 3 year fixed investment, and I put in a few hundred a month. Also, it's the stable kind – if I lose anything, I won't lose much. When it's finished, if the market isn't good, I'll just sell them and invest in some other products.