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一以贯之

yī yǐ guàn zhī

4-character word Traditional 一以貫之

What 一以贯之 means

1. idiom(of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end

The characters in 一以贯之

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 贯guànto pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her