从始至终

從始至終

cóngshǐzhìzhōng

idiom #21,740

Meanings

1 from beginning to end
2 throughout
3 all along

Characters

beginning, start

to, until, reaching

Examples

她从始至终都没有放弃过希望。

Tā cóng shǐ zhì zhōng dōu méiyǒu fàngqì guò xīwàng.

She never gave up hope from beginning to end.

这项工程从始至终历时五年。

Zhè xiàng gōngchéng cóng shǐ zhì zhōng lìshí wǔ nián.

This project took five years from start to finish.

Tips

usage

从始至终 is interchangeable with 自始至终 (zì shǐ zhì zhōng). Both are formal/literary. The everyday equivalent is 从头到尾 (cóng tóu dào wěi), which is more colloquial.

Stroke Order

从 cóng

始 shǐ

至 zhì

终 zhōng