Expressing "finally" with "zhongyu"
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终于(zhōngyú) 表示经过很长时间的等待最后实现了愿望，通常都是说话人期待发生的事情，暗含喜悦、满意的感情色彩。跟英文的"finally"不一样的是，终于(zhōngyú) 不能单独使用，也不能放在主语前面或者句子的最后。而且，它必须要跟“了“连用，表示事情已经发生了。
Structure
Subj. + 终于 + Verb Phrase + 了
Examples
- 你 终于 到 了！You finally arrived!
- 飞机 终于 起飞 了！我们 已经 等 了 五 个 多 小时 了。The plane is finally taking off! We've been waiting for more than five hours.
- 饭 终于 做 好 了！我 快 饿 死了。Dinner is finally ready! I'm starving.
- 网络 终于 正常 了！The Internet is finally getting back to be normal!
- 我们 终于 赢 了 一 次！We finally won for once!
