始终

shǐzhōng · HSK 3

from beginning to end

⏳ 始终 = start + end → from start to end, always

始 means 'begin/start' and 终 means 'end/finish'. Pairing the two endpoints covers the whole span, so the compound means 'from beginning to end' and by extension 'all the time, always'.

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