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始終

简始终 · 繁始終

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ zhōng

from beginning to end
all along

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始: shǐ · begin, start; then, only then
終: Look up this written character
终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end

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3–1 · shi3 zhong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ci2 zung1

Cantonese word readings for 始終. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adv

throughout; consistently; from beginning to end
eventually; one day

noun

beginning and/to end; the whole story; entire process

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