动词 + 完毕
finished, completed (formal)
Structure
主语 + 双音节动词（撤离、检查、登机、安装、准备） + 完毕
What it means
The formal 完 or 好: says an operation has been carried right through to the end.
How it is built
Two-syllable verb + 完毕, with no object after it; the doer or the thing handled comes first: 旅客登机完毕 (all passengers have boarded); 行李检查完毕. Common: 撤离完毕、准备完毕、安装完毕.
When to use it
Announcements, reports and orders; in military and radio talk 完毕 on its own means “over”. It suits operations, not small everyday acts: say 吃完饭了, not ✗ 吃饭完毕了.
Watch out
No object after it, and no 了 on the verb: ✗ 检查完毕行李 ✓ 行李检查完毕 or 检查完行李. ✗ 撤离了完毕 ✓ 撤离完毕.
Examples
3月19日多国部队开始军事介入时，中国人员早已撤离完毕。
When the multinational coalition began military action on 19 March, the Chinese had long since been evacuated.
旅客登机完毕，飞机准备起飞。
All passengers have boarded and the aircraft is ready for take-off.
设备安装调试完毕以后，工厂下个月就能投产。
Once the equipment has been installed and tested, the factory can start production next month.
Learn this in Lesson 203 · HSK 7–9: 利比亚撤侨 (The evacuation from Libya)
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