AdverbsHSK 5

Expressing "after all" with 毕竟

Use 毕竟 to add an explanatory reason, similar to "after all" in English. Place it before the clause that provides the justification.

Структура

毕竟 + ...

别骂他了，他毕竟是孩子。
Bié mà tā le, tā bì jìng shì hái zi.
Stop yelling at him. He's only a kid, after all.
毕竟是冬天，你还是多穿点吧。
Bì jìng shì dōng tiān, nǐ hái shì duō chuān diǎn ba.
It's winter, after all. You'd better dress more warmly.
他不知道也很正常，毕竟他不是本地人。
Tā bù zhī dào yě hěn zhèng cháng, bì jìng tā bú shì běn dì rén.
It's not strange that he doesn't know. He's not a local, after all.
有的玩笑不能再开了，毕竟他们都是大孩子了。
Yǒu de wán xiào bù néng zài kāi le, bì jìng tā men dōu shì dà hái zi le.
Some things shouldn't be joked about anymore. After all, they're not little kids anymore.
我们不太想搬，毕竟在这儿住了好几年了。
Wǒ men bú tài xiǎng bān, bì jìng zài zhè r zhù le hǎo jǐ nián le.
We don't really want to move. After all, we've lived here for so many years.