kì cùng

kì cùng

Kì cùng, họ cũng phải chấp nhận sự thật.

Definition
  1. Adverb:
    • Ultimately, in the end, at the very end: Used to indicate the final, ultimate, or most extreme point or outcome of a situation, process, or series of events. It emphasizes reaching the absolute limit or conclusion.
Usage Examples
  • Adverb:
    • cùng, họ cũng phải chấp nhận sự thật. (Ultimately, they also had to accept the truth.)
    • Chúng ta sẽ chiến đấu cùng. (We will fight to the very end.)
    • cùng thì mọi chuyện cũng sẽ ổn thôi. (In the end, everything will be fine.)
Advanced Usage
  • "đến cùng": to the very end, to the ultimate limit.

    • Anh ấy kiên trì đến cùng. (He persevered to the very end.)
  • " cùng thì...": used to introduce a concluding or summarizing statement about a situation after considering all possibilities.

    • cùng thì, sức khỏe vẫn quan trọng nhất. (When all is said and done, health is still the most important.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Cuối cùng (adj/adv): final, lastly, finally. (Note: "cuối cùng" is more common and general for "finally," while " cùng" carries a stronger sense of reaching an ultimate or extreme limit.)
  • Rốt cuộc (adv): after all, in the final analysis.
  • Tận cùng (n/adv): the very end, the extremity (often used for physical or abstract limits, e.g., "tận cùng của trái đất" - the ends of the earth).
Synonyms
  • Sau cùng: in the end, finally.
  • Cuối cùng: finally, ultimately.
  • Rốt cuộc: in the end, after all.
Related Phrases
  • Một mất một còn: a life-and-death struggle, a fight to the finish. (This idiom conveys a similar sense of ultimate consequence as " cùng" often implies.)
  • Đến cùng: to the end (a simpler, more common phrase with similar meaning).