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截止 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
截止 ＝ 截 ＋ 止
ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˇ · jiézhǐ
verb — to close, to cut off (a deadline)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

截to cut off (截斷)jié
止to stop (停止)zhǐ
截止，截斷的截，停止的止。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一刀（截）下去，到這裡停（止）——截止。
One cut (截) made, and here it stops (止) — the deadline.
關 · Related
停止tíngzhǐto stop — the same 止期限qīxiànthe time limit — the neighbour