全程

quán chéng · HSK 7

from beginning to end

🛣️ 全 whole + 程 journey = the whole journey, start to finish

全 — enter 入 on top + jade 玉
Originally written as 入 (enter) over 玉 (jade), depicting a complete, unflawed piece of jade kept in storage. From this image of a perfect jade came the meanings 'whole,' 'complete,' and 'entire.' The top component is sometimes written as 人.

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