Cho-ji-il-gwan

初

처음 초

志

뜻 지

一

한 일

貫

꿸 관

Character by character

Meaning

Carry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.

Origin

Widely used in Korea, without a pinned classical source — a modern formation.

How it is used

Said of someone who has held to one path for years without wavering.

Hanja初志一貫

Simplified初志一贯

Korean reading초지일관

Pinyinchū zhì yī guàn

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Cho-ji-il-gwan mean?

初志一貫 · Carry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.

Q. Where does Cho-ji-il-gwan come from?

Widely used in Korea, without a pinned classical source — a modern formation.

Q. How is Cho-ji-il-gwan used?

Said of someone who has held to one path for years without wavering.

Idioms in the same group

有備無患 Yu-bi-mu-hwanIf you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.易地思之 Yeok-ji-sa-jiThink about it after swapping places with the other person.名不虛傳 Myeong-bul-heo-jeonThe reputation was not passed on in vain — it lives up to the name.靑出於藍 Cheong-chul-eo-ramThe blue drawn from the indigo plant is bluer than the plant — the student surpasses the teacher.大器晩成 Dae-gi-man-seongA great vessel takes long to finish — those destined for greatness succeed late.溫故知新 On-go-ji-sinStudy the old to understand the new.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.