一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一如既往
yìrújìwǎng
as always; as before
Characters in this word
如 rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
既 jì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 旡 — to choke on something
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
往 wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 多年不见，老朋友依然一如既往地帮助我。 Duōnián bù jiàn, lǎo péngyou yīrán yīrújìwǎng de bāngzhù wǒ. After many years apart, my old friend still helps me as always.
- 无论天气怎样，爷爷都一如既往地早起晨练。 Wúlùn tiānqì zěnyàng, yéye dōu yīrújìwǎng de zǎoqǐ chénliàn. No matter the weather, grandpa gets up early for morning exercise as always.
- 公司搬了新址，服务质量却一如既往。 Gōngsī bān le xīn zhǐ, fúwù zhìliàng què yīrújìwǎng. The company moved to a new office, but its service quality remained as before.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while