始终如一 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• unswerving from start to finish

Character by character

• 始shǐto begin, to start; beginning
• 终zhōngend; finally, in the end
• 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 一yīone; a, an; alone

Idioms sharing a character

• 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
• 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
• 报本反始 bào běn fǎn shǐ
• 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
• 有始有终 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
• 有始无终 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
• 终而复始 zhōng ér fù shǐ
• 自始至终 zì shǐ zhì zhōng
• 周而复始 zhōu ér fù shǐ
• 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng

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