始终

Meaning(adverb, noun)

from beginning to end; all along

Unlike Vietnamese 'thủy chung' (faithful), 始终 is an adverb meaning 'all along'.

Examples

• 他始终没有告诉我真相。

  tā shǐ zhōng méi yǒu gào sù wǒ zhēn xiàng.

  He never told me the truth.

• 她始终相信自己能成功。

  tā shǐ zhōng xiāng xìn zì jǐ néng chéng gōng.

  She always believed she would succeed.

• 会上他始终一句话也没说。

  huì shàng tā shǐ zhōng yí jù huà yě méi shuō.

  He didn't say a word throughout the meeting.

Easily confused

• 一直 — 始终 stresses being unchanged from start to finish; 一直 can also refer to the future or direction (一直走).

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