从始至终

從始至終

cóngshǐ-zhìzhōng

idiom #21,740

Meanings

HSK 5

她从始至终都没有放弃过希望。

Tā cóngshǐ-zhìzhōng dōu méiyǒu fàngqì guò xīwàng.

She never gave up hope from beginning to end.

HSK 7-9

这项工程从始至终历时五年。

Zhè xiàng gōngchéng cóngshǐ-zhìzhōng lìshí wǔ nián.

This project took five years from start to finish.

usage

从始至终 is interchangeable with 自始至终. Both are formal/literary. The everyday equivalent is 从头到尾, which is more colloquial.

从 cóng

始 shǐ

至 zhì

终 zhōng