貫徹始終 guàn chè shǐ zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to follow through
  2. to carry through to the end

CHARACTERS

貫 guàn a string of 1000 coins; to go through
徹 chè penetrate, pervade; penetrating
始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then
終 zhōng end; finally, in the end