一以贯之 — Chinese idiom
一以贯之
yī yǐ guàn zhī
Traditional: 一以貫之
Meaning
- (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 贯guànto pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
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