從一而終

从一而终
cóngyīérzhōng
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

CEDICT

語出《易經．恆卦．象曰》：「婦人貞吉、從一而終也。」稱婦女終身不事二夫、不再嫁。今亦用做對人或事的情感與精神十分專注，始終如一。如：「他對於這份愛情，從一而終，至死不渝。」《喻世明言．卷二七．金玉奴棒打薄情郎》：「勸世上婦人，事夫盡道，同甘共苦，從一而終。」也作「從一以終」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

從一而終 cóngyī'érzhōng

Entry Composition

1 從 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
2 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
3 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
4 終 zhōng
  1. end
  2. finish