汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 从一而终
cóng yī ér zhōng
从一而终 (從一而終)
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
The husband died and no longer married. At this time, the old feudal ethics that restrained women
纯洁性 贞洁 节烈
谓一女不事二夫，夫死不得再嫁。 比喻忠臣不事二主。
从 (從) cóng/cōng 一 yī 而 ér 终 (終) zhōng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

一旦我选定了职业就得从一而终。

Once I choose a career I'll be stuck in it forever.

我始终学不会他那样三心二意，他也永远不懂得什么叫做从一而终。

I always learn that he be of two minds, he will never know what is called life.

婚姻关系要求一个人对另一个人始终如一、从一而终。但是喜新厌旧是人的本性。

Marriage requires one person to another person is consistent, death. But with — it is human nature.

虞姬最后一次为霸王斟酒，最后一次为霸王舞剑，而后拔剑自刎，从一而终。

For the very last time Concubine poured wine for her King, and danced for him with a sword, and cut her throat with it, faithful to the King unto death.

人们留下了这样的印象：中国古代妇女是被严格要求从一而终、决不可以再嫁的。

It left such an impression: Ancient Chinese women are demanding single-mindedness, can never be Remarriage.

看书，可以博览，可以细嚼，没有人会怪你喜新厌旧，也没有人要求你从一而终。

Books can be read cursorily, or chewed and digested. None will ever call you fickle-minded, and none will ever demand that you be constant in your affection.

在贝克·汉姆离开曼联展翅翱翔成为全球明星的时候，斯科尔斯和吉格斯则远离镁光灯最后成为了从一而终的俱乐部传奇。

While Beckham eventually flew the nest and became a global brand, Scholes and Giggs shied away from the limelight and became one-club wonders.

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