Tā dāng yīshēng de chūxīn shì jiùrén, ér bú shì zhuànqián.
His original reason for becoming a doctor was to save lives, not to make money.
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The slogan 不忘初心 "never forget the original aspiration" opened the theme of the 19th Party Congress in 2017 and is now heard everywhere in China. 初衷 is a near-synonym that stresses the original reason behind a decision.
