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自始至終

简 自始至终 · 繁 自始至終
Mandarin · pinyin zì shǐ zhì zhōng

Meanings

  1. from start to finish (idiom)
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自
zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
始
shǐ · begin, start; then, only then
至
zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
終
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终
zhōng · end; finally, in the end
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4–3–4–1 · zi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1

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zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1

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adv

  1. (idiomatic) from beginning to end, always

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