faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
trad. 從一而終
Also written 從一而終【cóng yī ér zhōng】
Characters in this word
4从
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variant of 從|从[cong2]
- Pinyin
- cóng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 115 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
终
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end, finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Traditional
- 終
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8830 of 2500