矢志不渝

shǐzhì-bùyú
idiom #46,572

Meanings

  1. 1 to vow never to change one's resolve
  2. 2 unwavering in one's commitment
  3. 3 steadfast and unchanging

Examples

HSK 4
Wúlùn huánjìng rúhé biànhuà, tā duì lǐxiǎng shǐzhì-bùyú.
No matter how circumstances change, his devotion to his ideals never wavers.
HSK 4
Tāmen de àiqíng shǐzhì-bùyú, jīnglì le wúshù kǎoyàn.
Their love remained steadfast through countless trials.
HSK 7-9
Tā shǐzhì-bùyú de tóushēn kēyán shìyè.
He devoted himself to scientific research with unwavering commitment.

Tips

register
Formal and literary - fits speeches, biographies, love declarations in formal writing. In casual speech use 一直 or 从未改变 instead.
memory
originally means 'arrow', by extension 'to swear/pledge' (as if releasing an oath like an arrow). = to change (cognate with Chongqing's abbreviation , from the river). Literally 'pledge the resolve, do not change'.

Stroke Order

shǐ
zhì