总算 (總算)
zǒng suàn
Pinyin

Definition

总算 (總算)
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zǒng suàn
  1. at long last
  2. finally
  3. on the whole

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

就算
jiù suàn
  1. 1 granted that
  2. 2 even if
算
suàn
  1. 1 to regard as
  2. 2 to figure
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 to compute
划算
huá suàn
  1. 1 to calculate
  2. 2 to weigh (pros and cons)
  3. 3 to view as profitable
  4. 4 worthwhile
  5. 5 value for money
  6. 6 cost-effective
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
测算
cè suàn
  1. 1 to take measurements and calculate

Idioms (11)

巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly
打小算盘
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
  1. 1 lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
  2. 2 concerned with petty interests
  3. 3 selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
  4. 4 bean counter
满打满算
mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn
  1. 1 taking everything into account (idiom)
  2. 2 when all is said and done
神机妙算
shén jī miào suàn
  1. 1 divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom)
  2. 2 clever scheme
  3. 3 supremely clever in his schemes
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
  2. 2 to bide time for revenge

Sample Sentences

很好，热身就到这里。我们这里一直是阴盛阳衰，今天总算又来了一位男士。所以我们今天要跳男性比较主导的古巴莎莎。
hěn hǎo ，rèshēn jiù dào zhèlǐ 。wǒ men zhèlǐ yīzhí shì yīnshèngyángshuāi ，jīntiān zǒngsuàn yòu lái le yī wèi nánshì 。suǒyǐ wǒ men jīntiān yào tiào nánxìng bǐjiào zhǔdǎo de gǔbā shāshā 。
Very good. That's the end of our warm-up. We've always had too many girls and not enough guys. Today a man has finally come. So we're going to do a pretty male-centric Cuban salsa.
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在他的帮助下，我总算还清了贷款。
zài tā de bāngzhù xià ，wǒ zǒngsuàn huánqīng le dàikuǎn 。
With his help, I finally repaid all my debt.
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试着用“终于”、“总算”、“毕竟”完成下面三个句子）
shì zhe yòng “zhōngyú ”、“zǒngsuàn ”、“bìjìng ”wánchéng xiàmian sān gè jùzi ）
(Try and complete the below sentences)
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我总算写完报告了，可以好好睡一觉。
wǒ zǒngsuàn xiě wán bàogào le ，kěyǐ hǎohāo shuì yī jiào 。
I finally finished my report so I can have a proper sleep now.
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我总算抓到皮卡丘了，可以不要再花时间玩Pokemon了。
wǒ zǒngsuàn zhuādào píkǎqui1 le ，kěyǐ bù yào zài huā shíjiān wán Pokemon le 。
I finally caught Pikachu so I no longer have to spend any more time on Pokémon.
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总算（表示做完了，松了一口气、不用再担心了）
zǒngsuàn （biǎoshì zuòwán le ，sōng le yīkǒuqì 、bùyòng zài dānxīn le ）
finally; at long last (to show that something has been completed, you're relieved and that you don't need to worry about it anymore)
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经过三个多月的讨论，我们总算决定放弃这个计划。
jīngguò sān gè duō yuè de tǎolùn ，wǒmen zǒngsuàn juédìng fàngqì zhè ge jìhuà 。
After more than three months of discussion, we finally decided to give up on this project.
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总算放暑假了！
zǒngsuàn fàng shǔjià le ！
The summer holiday has finally begun!
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总算、终于
zǒngsuàn 、zhōngyú
finally; after all
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下了好久的雨，天气总算放晴了。
xià le hǎo jiǔ de yǔ ，tiānqì zǒngsuàn fàngqíng le 。
After raining for ages, the weather has finally cleared up!
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