始终 shǐzhōng from beginning to end
from beginning to end; all along
How to remember 始终: 始 start + 终 end = from beginning to end.
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How it is used
- "All along / from start to finish," an adverb stressing unbroken consistency: 他始终没有放弃 (tā shǐzhōng méiyǒu fàngqì) he never gave up the whole time.
- Contrast 一直 (yìzhí, "continuously"): 始终 is more written and frames the entire span as one attitude, often with a negative.
- Common: 始终坚持, 始终如一 (unwavering).