Chinese · Idiom Attested

始终如一

shǐ zhōng rú yī

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Traditional: 始終如一

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The same from start to finish; never wavering. Used to praise a person or group whose attitude, effort, principles or quality stay constant over a long time.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Trước sau như một, từ đầu đến cuối không thay đổi. Dùng để khen người hay tập thể giữ vững thái độ, nguyên tắc, sự cố gắng hoặc chất lượng trong suốt một thời gian dài.

Literally: beginning and end as one

Examples

三十年来，她对工作的热情始终如一。Sānshí nián lái, tā duì gōngzuò de rèqíng shǐ zhōng rú yī.For thirty years her enthusiasm for her work has never wavered.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check

Sources & notes

Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thỉ chung như nhứt” (thi-chung-nhu-nhut). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.

Equivalents & related

Hán-Việt cognate thỉ chung như nhứt First and last as one — constancy without a single alteration. Tiếng Việt

Common questions

What does “始终如一” mean?

The same from start to finish; never wavering. Used to praise a person or group whose attitude, effort, principles or quality stay constant over a long time. Literally: beginning and end as one

Is “始终如一” formal or informal?

始终如一 is generally neutral.

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