尾声 (wěi shēng) — (music) coda; concluding passage; (literature) epilogue; closing chapter; (figurative) final stage; end (of an event or period)
Definition
Literary/artistic word for the final part of a work — the coda in music, the epilogue in literature, or the closing stage of an event. More formal than 结尾 and weighted toward artistic works, while 结局 focuses on the plot outcome of a story.
noun
(music) codaconcluding passage(literature) epilogueclosing chapter(figurative) final stageend (of an event or period)
Examples
- 尾声。Zhè shǒu jiāo xiǎng qǔ de wěi shēng huǎn màn ér yōu měi.The coda of this symphony is slow and beautiful.
- 尾声。Xiǎo shuō zài wěi shēng zhōng jiāo dài le zhǔ jué de guī sù.The novel explains the protagonist's fate in the epilogue.
- 尾声，。Tán pàn yǐ jiē jìn wěi shēng, shuāng fāng jí jiāng dá chéng xié yì.The negotiations are nearing their final stage; the two sides will soon reach an agreement.
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