- (终于) in the end; eventually:
Where there's a will there's a way.
有志者事竟成。
- (表示出乎意料) unexpectedly; actually:
I'm surprised that you didn't know of such an important event.
这么大的事你竟会不知道?
Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?
这么陡的峭壁, 谁知他竟爬上去了。
- (居然) go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence [effrontery] to:
go so far as to tell a bare-faced lie
竟当面撒谎